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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

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Columnea tenensis

Gesneriaceae

Supi kaspi muyu ruya

Leonia cymosa

Violaceae

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Piper sp.

Piperaceae

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Batocarpus costaricensis

Moraceae

Amarun tzicta ruya

Himatanthus bracteatus

Apocynaceae

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Renealmia aurantiifera

Zingiberaceae

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Tectaria sp.

Tectariaceae

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Drymonia sp.

Gesneriaceae

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Casearia aculeata

Salicaceae

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Unonopsis stipitata

Annonaceae

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Ficus sp.

Moraceae

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Prestonia sp.

Apocynaceae

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Solanum stramoniifolium

Solanaceae

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Geonoma interrupta

Arecaceae

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Salacia gigantea

Celastraceae

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Toulicia reticulata

Sapindaceae

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Pseudolmedia sp.

Rubiaceae

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Geogenanthus ciliatus

Commelinaceae

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Dichorisandra ulei

Commelinaceae

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Sloanea grandiflora

Elaeocarpaceae

Cuilichik

Acalypha sp

Euphorbiaceae

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Maximiliana Maripa

Arecaceae

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Oxandra mediocris

Annonaceae

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Guarea pterorhachis

Meliaceae

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Pouteria caimito

Sapotaceae

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Perebea guianensis

Moraceae

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Casearia sylvestris

Salicaceae

Urku kasa

Bauhinia arborea

Fabaceae

Acha kaspi

Iryanthera hostmannii

Myristicaceae

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Cecropia sp.

Urticaceae

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Platymiscium sp.

Fabaceae

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Cestrum megalophyllum

Euphorbiaceae

Tuta pishku illa uyu

Sorocea oligotricha

Moraceae

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Ficus trigonata

Moraceae

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Miconia sp.

Melastomataceae

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Pourouma sp.

Urticaceae

Lakau

Minquartia grandiflora

Olacaceae

Yana shimi kara panga

Calathea lutea

Marantaceae

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Guadua superba

Poaceae

Chichiku uvillas

Pourouma bicolor

Urticaceae

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Aphelandra sp.

Acanthaceae

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Ziziphus cinnamomum

Rhamnaceae

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Anthurium pseudoclavigerum

Araceae

Kumal muyu ruya

Paullinia xestophylla

Sapindaceae

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Piper sp.

Piperaceae

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Renealmia asplundii

Zingiberaceae

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Tapura sp.

Dichapetalaceae

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Musa velutina

Musaceae

Auru wira kaspi ruya

Costus laevis

Costaceae

Tzawata lulun muyu ruya

Leonia glycycarpa

Violaceae

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Protium sp.

Burseraceae

Tiush muyu ruya

Persea rigens

Lauraceae

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Licaria brasiliensis

Lauraceae

Satalana

Matisia cordata

Malvaceae

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Mayna grandifolia

Achariaceae

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Vochysia lomatophylla

Vochysiaceae

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Salacea gentryi

Celastraceae

Guagra payas

Clidemia sp.

Melastomataceae

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Oenocarpus mapora

Arecaceae

Yaku muyu ruya

Chrysochlamys weberbaueri

Clusiaceae

Kily

Wettinia maynensis

Arecaceae

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Protium sp.

Burseraceae

Martiri kaspi muyu

Palicourea nigricans

Rubiaceae

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Strychnos sp.

Loganiaceae

Barbascu angu

Machaerium cuspidatum

Fabaceae

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Calathea crotalifera

Marantaceae

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Pseudolmedia sp.

Rubiaceae

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Anthurium atropurpureum

Araceae

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Tectaria incisa

Tectariaceae

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Solanum kionotrichum

Solanaceae

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