Gordonii is sometimes misspelled. Hoodia Gordonil or Hoodia Gordoni is chiefly used by many marketers. These are unfortunately not listed in the species of plants which are helpful in carving your appetite.

Hoodia plants are not actually cactus but are a cactus succulent of cactus. They are quite different from cactus and is only found in South Africa . Many people who use the misspelled words for Hoodia are selling fake products. Actually, Hoodia gordonil is mainly grown in Southern part of Africa but are not helpful in carving the appetite.

 You should know that the Hoodia Gordonii is considered as endangered species and exporter's musts have license to sell the products. They are strictly under the rules and regulation of South Africa , threaten of vanish of these species is quite less; still the government consider it as precious species.

Hoodia is a plant which is found in desert region on South Africa and is being used from thousands of years by aboriginal natives. In past years it was eaten by many hunters in forest as they knew that there will be scarcity of food when they are out for hunting.

Eating a piece of Hoodia Gordonii was sufficient for them and thus they were out for hunting for days without eating. It is best to eat when you are living in desert where food is not easily available.

The usability of Hoodia Gordonii product is increased in western society from last one year. Hoodia is used from thousand of years by aboriginal natives to curb their appetite. It was initially used by hunters who go for hunting in forest where the food was available in scare. It is also helpful to lessen your trust and have shown benefits for patients suffering from diabetes, TB, hemorrhoids, as well as act as mood enhancer.

Many researchers have stated the plant as ugly, but the horticulture is quite interested in cultivating them. You can easily find the species of Hoodia Gordonii in house for its beauty. The smell of these plants is same as rotten meat. The color varies from pink to light purple.

Hoodia only grows in South Africa environment. With increase in demand, the suppliers were not ready as there were not too many plants. With international laws ruling over this product, the major factor of hiking of prices of this product is due to scarcity of this plant. The plant is protected by laws and the suppliers do not have permission of exporting the product without CITES certificate.