Rhetoric, Realism and Benefit‐Sharing: Use of Traditional Knowledge of Hoodia Species in the Development of an Appetite Suppressant

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“This is the real ghaap of the natives, who use it as a substitute for food and water. The
sweet sap reminds one of licorice and when on one occasion thirst compelled me to follow
the example of my Hottentot guide, it saved further suffering and removed the pangs of
hunger so efficiently that I could not eat anything for a day after having reached the camp.”
Marloth (1855–1931)
“This is the real ghaap of the natives, who use it as a substitute for food and water. The sweet sap reminds one of licorice and when on one occasion thirst compelled me to follow the example of my Hottentot guide, it saved further suffering and removed the pangs of hunger so efficiently that I could not eat anything for a day after having reached the camp.”
Marloth (1855–1931)
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