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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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Calathea cachibou

Marantaceae

Tuta pishku muyu ruya

Leonia triandra

Violaceae

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Vitex costaricensis

Lamiaceae

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Moronobea coccinea

Clusiaceae

Canelo yura

Ocotea sp.

Lauraceae

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Dalechampia sp.

Euphorbiaceae

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Miconia plena

Melastomataceae

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Justicia sp.

Acanthaceae

Ruyak pinchi

Ocotea sp.

Lauraceae

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Ocotea sp.

Lauraceae

Ruyak muyu wallis

Pseudolmedia sp.

Moraceae

Sacha chirikaspi

Byrsonima japurensis

Malpighiaceae

Sacha cacao

Theobroma grandiflorum

Malvaceae

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Inga sp.

Fabaceae

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Senna quinquangulata

Fabaceae

Indi llama pakai

Inga tocacheana

Fabaceae

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Passiflora sp.

Passifloraceae

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Guatteria sp.

Annonaceae

Kutu pakai

Inga velutina

Fabaceae

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Geonoma deversa

Arecaceae

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Odontadenia geminata

Apocynaceae

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Piper sp.

Piperaceae

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Casearia sp.

Salicaceae

Sacha yutzu

Calliandra trinervia

Fabaceae

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Monopyle sp.

Gesneriaceae

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Cestrum racemosum

Solanaceae

Tangarana

Triplaris weigeltiana

Polygonaceae

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Machaerium floribundum

Fabaceae

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Tetracera volubilis

Dilleniaceae

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Chrysochlamys sp.

Clusiaceae

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Faramea multiflora

Rubiaceae

Wallka muyu ruya

Casearia bicolor

Salicaceae

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Tetracera sp.

Dilleniaceae

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Ocotea javitensis

Lauraceae

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Inga sp.

Fabaceae

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Guatteria decurrens

Annonaceae

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Calathea sp.

Marantaceae

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Piper aequale

Piperaceae

Tijiras anga muyu ruya

Perrottetia sessiliflora

Dipentodontaceae

Turu pakay

Inga sp.

Fabaceae

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Anthurium eminens

Araceae

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Vitex triflora

Lamiaceae

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Inga sp.

Fabaceae

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Persea sp.

Lauraceae

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Agouticarpa sp.

Rubiaceae

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Chrysophyllum bombycinum

Sapotaceae

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Trophis racemosa

Moraceae

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Inga alba

Fabaceae

Wangana kuwan

Heliconia vellerigera

Heliconiaceae

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Protium sp.

Burseraceae

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Ampelocera ruizii

Ulmaceae

Chincha

Geonoma undata

Arecaceae

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Piper sp.

Piperaceae

Sacha apiu

Pouteria guianensis

Sapotaceae

Ishpingo

Aniba rosaeodora

Lauraceae

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Cecropia sp.

Urticaceae

Turu wallka muyu ruya

Ryania spruceana

Salicaceae

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Inga sp.

Fabaceae

Angu tulumba

Byrsonima sp.

Malpighiaceae

Araña kaspi

Cordia alliodora

Boraginaceae

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Inga sp.

Fabaceae

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Odontadenia macrantha

Apocynaceae

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Cordia scabrifolia

Boraginaceae

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Philodendron sp.

Araceae

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Justicia sp.

Acanthaceae

Guagra kustillas pakai

Inga sp.

Fabaceae

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Miconia sp.

Melastomataceae

Tuta pishku ila

Ficus maxima

Moraceae

Pamba shilquillu

Protium macrocarpa

Burseraceae

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Pachyrhizus erosus

Fabaceae

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