Hoodia flava | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Apocynaceae |
Genus: | Hoodia |
Species: | H. flava
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Binomial name | |
Hoodia flava (
N.E.Br.) Plowes
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Hoodia flava is a succulent native to the Cape Province in South Africa and to Namibia. [1] It has a unique pattern of distribution, growing inside bushes or on gravelly slopes and hills. [2] It is commonly known as ghaap or yellow-flowered ghaap in the Afrikaans language. [3]
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] Yellow flowers appear in winter on the youngest parts of the plants near the top.
This plant should be watered during its growing season and then sparsely otherwise. [3]