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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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Andira sp

Fabaceae

Piper pseudoasperifolium

Piperaceae

Sterculia tessmannii

Malvaceae

Guatteria Sp 429

Annonaceae

Palapanga pinchi

Endlicheria bracteata

Lauraceae

Inga edulis

Fabaceae

Matayba inelegans

Sapindaceae

Ichilla yana muku

Neea virens

Nyctaginaceae

Calycophyllum sp

Rubiaceae

Urutza

Guarea fissicalyx

Fabaceae

Cydia unifoliolatus

Fabaceae

Yana pinchi

Ocotea floribunda

Lauraceae

Theobroma glaucum

Malvaceae

Vochysia longifolia

Vochysiaceae

Annona mucosa

Annonaceae

Puntzu muyu wallis

Pseudolmedia sp

Moraceae

Brungmancea suaveolens

Solanaceae

Columnea tenensis

Gesneriaceae

Batocarpus costaricensis

Moraceae

Tectaria sp 2

Tectariaceae

Unonopsis stipitata

Annonaceae

Solanum stramoniifolium

Solanaceae

Toulicia reticulata

Sapindaceae

Dichorisandra ulei

Commelinaceae

Auru muyu ruya

Spondias purpurea

Anacardiaceae

Coffea sp

Rubiaceae

Miconia prasina

Melastomataceae

Cedrelinga cateniformis

Fabaceae

Yaku tzicta

Tabernaemontana amygdalifolia

Apocynaceae

Miconia nervosa

Melastomataceae

Alata kaspi

Pouteria ephedrantha

Sapotaceae

Piper Sp 13

Piperaceae

Anthurium kunthii

Araceae

Macrolobium bauniifolia

Fabaceae

Llaki panga

Goeppertia micans

Marantaceae

Ochroma pyramidale

Malvaceae

Pamba yuyun

Terminalia parvifolia

Combretaceae

Cissampelos pareira

Menispermaceae

Pentagonia amazonica

Rubiaceae

Paullinia sp 3

Sapindaceae

Bunchosia sp

Malpighiaceae

Supi kaspi muyu ruya

Leonia cymosa

Violaceae

Amarun tzicta ruya

Himatanthus bracteatus

Apocynaceae

Drymonia sp

Gesneriaceae

Ficus sp 2

Moraceae

Geonoma interrupta

Arecaceae

Psychotria sp 2

Rubiaceae

Chrysochlamys membranacea

Clusiaceae

Piper Sp 4

Piperaceae

Cayaponia ruizii

Cucurbitaceae

Lispungu

Leonia sp

Violaceae

Anthurium sp 1

Araceae

Iryanthera paraensis

Myristicaceae

Saputi

Pterygota amazonica

Malvaceae

Purun istandi

Aparisthmium

Euphorbiaceae

Atun yana muku

Neea spruceana

Nyctaginaceae

Turu kara kaspi

Guatteria sp 3

Annonaceae

Anthurium variegatum

Araceae

Micropholis venulosa

Sapotaceae

Bolbitis heteroclita

Dryopteridaceae

Piper sp 7

Piperaceae

Piper Sp 6

Piperaceae

Physalis angulata

Solanaceae

Virola Flexuosa

Myristicaceae

Piper sp 2

Piperaceae

Renealmia aurantiifera

Zingiberaceae

Casearia aculeata

Salicaceae

Prestonia sp 2

Apocynaceae

Salacia gigantea

Celastraceae

Geogenanthus ciliatus

Commelinaceae

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