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Hoodia (/ ˈ h ʊ d i ə /; known locally as "ghaap" or "bobbejaanghaap") [1] is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, under the subfamily Asclepiadoideae, native to Southern Africa. [ 2 ]
Hoodia alstonii can grow to about 1 metre (3.3 ft) in height. [3] The stems are upright and pale gray in color. [4] The plant has very sharp, hard spines. [4] It produces small, yellow flowers mostly on the top parts of the stems which are approximately 1–1.8 centimetres (0.4–0.7 in) in diameter. [4]
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Leafless and branchless, H. flava grows as cylindrical green stems up to 6 inches in height and 2 inches in diameter, with 20-30 longitudinal ribs of mammillae, each one featuring a thin, brown spine on its crest. [3]
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Hoodia currorii grows in erect clumps with gray-green stems, 8 centimeters in diameter. [4] It reaches heights of 50 to 80 centimeters tall. [4] It bears rust-red flowers mid-summer [5] which are covered in purple hairs. [4]