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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

Plants Finder

Kutu chupa

Phlebodium decumanum

Polypodiaceae

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Heliconia sp.

Heliconiaceae

Puma tawacu

Cybianthus anthuriophyllus

Primulaceae

Maki Panga

Selaginella arthritica

Selaginellaceae

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Ctenanthe setosa

Marantaceae

Garabatu yuyu

Hypolepis hostilis

Dennstaedtiaceae

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Goeppertia sp.

Marantaceae

Sacha puji panga

Sacha puji panga

Marantaceae

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Heliconia sp.

Heliconiaceae

Rumi panga

Rumi panga

Marantaceae

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Xanthosoma weeksii

Araceae

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Goeppertia sp.

Marantaceae

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Philodendron sp.

Araceae

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Philodendron ernestii

Araceae

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Brownea-grandiceps

Fabaceae

Indillama mandi

Indillama Mandi

Marantaceae

Ñakcha panga

Ñakcha panga

Marantaceae

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Dieffenbachia seguine

Araceae

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Goeppertia sp.

Marantaceae

Rayu panga

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Marantaceae

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Bromeliaceae sp.

Bromeliaceae

Rayu kuwan

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Heliconiaceae

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Neea sp

Nyctaginaceae

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Dieffenbachia sp.

Araceae

Kari panga

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Marantaceae

Apangora kiwa

Selaginella bombycina

Selaginellaceae

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Campanulaceae

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Dieffenbachia sp.

Araceae

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Aphelandra sp.

Acanthaceae

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Aphelandra dielsii

Acanthaceae

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Goeppertia zebrina

Marantaceae

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Aphelandra sp.

Acanthaceae

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Goeppertia sp.

Marantaceae

Wangana lalu

Dieffenbachia sp.

Araceae

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Bromeliaceae sp.

Bromeliaceae

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Costus sp.

Zingiberaceae

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Selaginella diffusa

Selaginellaceae

Puma rinri panga

Goeppertia vetichiana

Marantaceae

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Anthurium bomboizense

Araceae

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Maranta leuconeura

Marantaceae

Achanzu

Caryodendron orinocense

Euphorbiaceae

Ahuano

Swietenia macrophylla

Meliaceae

Ajus ala

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Ali pasu

Eschweilera sp.

Lecythidaceae

Ally putus

Ceiba lupuna

Malvaceae

Allyan sasu

Gustavia longifolia

Lecythidaceae

Amarun kaspi

Cespedesia spathulata

Ochnaceae

Anguila panga

Anthurium loretense

Araceae

Araza

Eugenia stipitata

Myrtaceae

Araña kaspi

Cordia nodosa

Boraginaceae

Armallu shia

Piper sp.

Piperaceae

Chincha , Chis ruya

Clarisia racemosa

Moraceae

Auro muyu

Spondias mombin

Anacardiaceae

Aya ullu

Phallus indusiatus

Fungii (Phallaceae)

Aya ñavi muyu

Eugenia ruizii

Myrtaceae

Ayahuasca

Banisteriopsis caapi

Malpighiaceae

Kilpundu Sisa, Baita Panga

Pearcea rhodotricha

Gesneriaceae

Balsa ala

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Barisa akay

Inga sp.

Fabaceae

Batea kaspi

Guarea juglandiformis

Meliaceae

Batea yura

Cabralea canjerana

Meliaceae

Bula panga wapa

Virola calophylla

Myristicaceae

Buti muyu

Physalis pubescens

Solanaceae

Cacao

Theobroma cacao

Malvaceae

Kachi pakay

Inga nobilis

Fabaceae

Cancer panga

Piper sp.

Piperaceae

Canoa wasca

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Carapoto

Iriartea deltoidea

Arecaceae

Cedro yura

Cedrela odorata

Meliaceae

Cedro yura

Cedrela fissilis

Meliaceae

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