Apparently the hoodia goroni plant was discovered by a person named Col Robert Jacob Gordon, somewhere in the vicinity of the river Orange.
It was found out in the year 1779 and identified as a stapelia, very much associated class.
In fact not many know about this plant which is why internet is one of the only ways of learning about its qualities.
It was always used by the Bushmen who never failed to fall prey to its medicinal material goods.
There are many reasons why the hoodia is a popular plant type of which one of the major reasons is its pro-digestive property.
Not many people know, but the hoodia is an excellent digestive medicine.
It aids in digestion which is why it was first brought into use by the Bushmen.
The other important reason why the hoodia plant is very useful is the mere fact that it aids in suppressing hunger which is why it is often used by people who wish to lose their extra flab.
This is one of the few plants which have the tremendous quality of effectively suppressing anyone's hunger so as to keep him off his food for a pretty long duration.
It is this aspect for which the hoodia was used by people visiting the Kalahari Desert for hunger was the only emotion that couldn't be catered for while on way and back from the Kalahari Desert.
Due to these two major merits the hoodia gordonii became very popular and is still used by the pharmacists for making medicines.
Apparently it is also used for curing small time infections caused by numerous factors.
The hoodia gordonii is a highly useful plant and slowly scientists are researching where else it could be used so as to bring all this merits to appropriate employment.