6878.000 Hoodia Sweet ex Decne.

Bruyns, P.V. (2005) Stapeliads of Southern Africa and Madagascar Volume I Umdaus Press, Hatfield, South Africa

Bruyns, P.V., Klak, C. & Hanáček, P. (2017) A revised, phylogenetically-based concept of Ceropegia (Apocynaceae) South African Journal of Botany 112 399-436

Description of the genus

Spiny, non-rhizomatous succulent shrub with 3-many stems; up to 2 m tall and 2 m broad; stems long, erect, cylindric, fleshy, hard, grey-green to brown; tubercles deltoid, laterally flattened, joined into acute rows along the stem, each tipped with a sharp spine. Inflorescence usually arising towards the apex of the stem, glabrous, bearing 1-2 flowers opening successively; pedicels long, usually spreading; corolla rotate to campanulate, small and deeply lobed to large and flat to shallowly cupular, outside smooth, inside smooth to bristly. Fruit a follicle, erect, consisting of two horns, glabrous.

Worldwide: 13 species in South Africa, Namibia and Botswana.

Angola: 0 taxa.

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Flora of Botswana: Hoodia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Hoodia

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Hoodia
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Hoodia
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Tropicos: Hoodia
Wikipedia: Hoodia

Copyright: The Angola flora team, 2026

The Angola flora team (2026). Flora of Angola: Genus page: Hoodia.
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