[MPWG] NEWS: Hoodia fever takes a toll on rare plant

[Olivia Kwong]

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-hoodia26dec26,1,3320741.story?track=rss

Hoodia fever takes a toll on rare plant
The southern African succulent, which is said to suppress hunger, faces 
danger in the wild.
By Robyn Dixon, Times Staff Writer
December 26, 2006

MARIENTAL, NAMIBIA . When fully grown, the plant resembles something from 
"The Day of the Triffids" or some other science-fiction creation: a squat 
succulent with thick, spiky arms, purple fleshy petals and seedpods like 
rhino horns.

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