What is Hoodia Gordonii?

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Latin Name: ‘Hoodia gordonii’

Other Popular Names: hoodia, hoodia cactus, South African desert cactus, xhooba, khoba, ghaap

Hoodia is a cactus-like plant that grows primarily in the semi-deserts of South Africa, Angola, Namibia and Botswana

Even though there has always been a supply for diet product, after the prohibition on the herb ephemera, the market was especially ready for the next new diet supplement. In the last few years, hoodia gordonii has been highly marketed for weight loss and has become exceptionally popular.

Lots of hoodia's vogue stalk from demand that the San Bushmen of the Kalahari desert relied on hoodia gordonii for thousands of years to guardianship off hunger and thirst during long hunting trips. They were said to have cut off the stalk and eat the bitter-tasting plant. It takes about five years before hoodia's pale purple flowers appear and the cactus can be harvested.

Hoodia grows in tuft of green sheer stems. Even though it is frequently called a cactus because it resembles one, hoodia gordonii is actually a sappy plant.

There are over thirteen kind of hoodia gordonii. The only active ingredient identified so far is a steroidal glycoside that has been called "p57". Generally, only hoodia is thought to contain p57.