Hoodia is a genus of 13 species in the flowering plant Apcynaceae family members, that is under the subfamily Asclepiadoideae. Hoodia plants are trunk succulents, which are also referred to as Cactiform due to the considerable similarity between them as well as the unconnected cactus family. Their height can be a maximum of 1m and they have large flowers that will have strong smell and flesh color. A good deal of hoodia plants are guarded plants, ranging to southern Angola from Central Namibia, in rocky areas and plains particularly.