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The Social Relation to Plants

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In beginning times plants like animals were human and still retain these qualities hidden in leafy form. They are thus no less animate, no less closely related to us than say a spider monkey might be. One reason that we don't notice this is that their sleep cycle is opposite our own. Trees and other plants sleep during the day and come awake at night when we are dreaming. It is for this reason that they appear active and humanlike in dreams. For example, when sick person ingests medicinal bark it triggers a healing relation to the tree that only becomes visible at night. That night, when the tree wakes up, it comes to the patient in a dream as a human doctor come to treat her ailment.

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Allyan Pasu

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Chunda

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Manduru

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Kwica Panga

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Adelonema-picturatum

Araceae

Maki Panga

Selaginella arthritica

Selaginellaceae

Philodendron-Sp 5

Araceae

Dieffenbachia-seguine

Araceae

Dieffenbachia-Sp

Araceae

Dieffenbachia sp 3

Araceae

Wangana Lalu

Dieffenbachia Sp 2

Araceae

Anthurium-bomboizense

Araceae

Ajus ala

Allyan Pasu

Gustavia longifolia

Lecythidaceae

Araza

Eugenia stipitata

Myrtaceae

Chincha / Chis ruya

Clarisia racemosa

Moraceae

Aya ñavi muyu

Eugenia ruizii

Myrtaceae

Balsa Ala

Batea yura

Cabralea canjerana

Meliaceae

Cacao

Theobroma cacao

Malvaceae

Canoa wasca

Cedro yura

Cedrela fissilis

Meliaceae

Challua Caspi

Geissospermum reticulatum

Apocynaceae

Chicle ruya / pungara muyu

Lacmellea lactescens

Apocynaceae

Chiri wayusa

Brunfelsia grandiflora

Solanaceae

Chuku

Erythrina ulei

Fabaceae

Chunta duro / Chundaruru

Bactris gasipaes

Arecaceae

Cupa yura

Jacaranda copaia

Bignoniaceae

Guacamaya Kuan

Heliconia-stricta

Heliconiaceae

Urku Kuan

Heliconia wagneriana

Heliconiaceae

Philodendron-ernestii

Araceae

Bromeliaceae-Sp2

Bromeliaceae

Anthurium-sp

Araceae

Aphelandra-dielsii

Acanthaceae

Bromeliaceae-Sp

Bromeliaceae

Achanzu

Caryodendron orinocense

Euphorbiaceae

Ali pasu

Eschweilera sp

Lecythidaceae

Amarun kaspi

Cespedesia spathulata

Ochnaceae

Araña kaspi

Cordia nodosa

Boraginaceae

Auro muyu

Spondias mombin

Anacardiaceae

Ayahuasca

Banisteriopsis caapi

Malpighiaceae

Barisa Pacai

Inga sp 1

Fabaceae

Bula panga wapa

Virola calophylla

Myristicaceae

Cachi pacai

Inga nobilis

Fabaceae

Carapoto

Iriartea deltoidea

Arecaceae

Chagruna

Psychotria viridis

Rubiaceae

Chambira

Astrocaryum chambira

Arecaceae

Chili

Aphandra natalia

Arecaceae

Chuchuwasu

Maytenus sp

Celastraceae

Chuku yura

Erythrina poeppigiana

Fabaceae

Corcha

Apeiba membranacea

Malvaceae

Puma Tawacu

Cybianthus-anthuriophyllus

Primulaceae

Indillama Mandi

Xanthoma-weeksii

Araceae

Brownea-grandiceps

Fabaceae

Neea sp

Nyctaginaceae

Selaginella-bombycina

Selaginellaceae

Aphelandra-Sp

Acanthaceae

Selaginella-diffusa

Selaginellaceae

Ahuano

Swietenia macrophylla

Meliaceae

Ally putus

Ceiba lupuna

Malvaceae

Anguila panga

Anthurium loretense

Araceae

Armallu shia

Piper sp 33

Piperaceae

Aya ullu

Phallus indusiatus

Fungii (Phallaceae)

Kilpundu Sisa; Baita Panga

Pearcea rhodotricha

Gesneriaceae

Batea kaspi

Guarea juglandiformis

Meliaceae

Buty muyu

Physalis pubescens

Solanaceae

Cancer panga

Piper sp 3

Piperaceae

Cedro yura

Cedrela odorata

Meliaceae

Chakana waska

Bauhinia guianensis

Fabaceae

Chamburu

Jacaratia digitata

Caricaceae

Chingu

Socratea exorrhiza

Arecaceae

Chugri yuyu

Kalanchoe pinnata

Crassulaceae

Chukunza ruya

Cruz kaspi

Browneopsis ucayalina

Fabaceae

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