10 Hoodia macrantha Seeds - Indigenous Succulents

Hoodia macrantha Seeds

Hoodia is a genus of succulent plants in the family Apocynaceae that is widely used traditionally by the San people of southern Africa as an appetite suppressant, thirst quencher and as a cure for severe abdominal cramps, haemorrhoids, tuberculosis, indigestion, hypertension and diabetes.

Hoodia macrantha is found in very arid stony deserts, dry short forest and dry acacia shrub vegetation from the costal Namib desert up to 250 km to the interior. This area is home to a wide range of unique plant species.

Propagation is done mainly from seed. Cuttings are not really an option, as the severed ends very rarely form a callus from where roots will eventually form.