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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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Cordia ucayalensis

Boraginaceae

Pamba wapa / Yawar wapa

Otoba parvifolia

Myristicaceae

Palapanga apiu

Diploon cuspidatum

Sapotaceae

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Mabea macbridei

Euphorbiaceae

Viria kaspi ruya

Chrysochlamys micrantha

Clusiaceae

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Pilea sp.

Urticaceae

Api pinchi

Nectandra parvifolia

Lauraceae

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Piper sp.

Piperaceae

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Neosprucea montana

Salicaceae

Ichilla nigru kaspi

Eugenia sp.

Myrtaceae

Kushillu talarta

Parkia nitida

Fabaceae

Urku yuyun

Terminalia grandis

Combretaceae

Andia wachansi

Mabea nítida

Euphorbiaceae

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Clibadium sp.

Asteraceae

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Garcinia madruno

Clusiaceae

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Inga vera

Fabaceae

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Neosprucea grandiflora

Salicaceae

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Brownea sp.

Fabaceae

Yaku mutilun

Coccoloba fallax

Polygonaceae

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Myrcianthes sp.

Myrtaceae

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Ocotea aciphylla

Lauraceae

Ñaccha kaspi

Apeiba aspera

Malvaceae

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Asplundia sp.

Cyclanthaceae

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Myrcia paivae

Myrtaceae

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Schizolobium amazonicum

Fabaceae

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Mikania sp.

Asteraceae

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Clusia sp.

Clusiaceae

Kaupanga shilquillu

Protium aracouchini

Burseraceae

Kawina kaspi

Coussarea pilosiflora

Rubiaceae

Angu illuchi

Strychnos panurensis

Loganiaceae

Satalana

Dendropanax caucanus

Araliaceae

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Virola Surinamense

Myristicaceae

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Machaerium sp.

Fabaceae

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Passiflora misera

Passifloraceae

Atun wituk kaspi

Coccoloba sp.

Polygonaceae

Laiña

Tetrorchidium macrophyllum

Euphorbiaceae

Supitiana

Sorocea pubivena

Moraceae

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Clidemia sp.

Melastomataceae

Kaupanga uvillas

Coussapoa villosa

Urticaceae

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Palicourea sp.

Rubiaceae

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Triplaris americana

Polygonaceae

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Bambusa sp.

Poaceae

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Dendropanax arboreus

Araliaceae

Shirapa kaspi

Palicourea conferta

Rubiaceae

Sara muyu ruya

Rinorea viridifolia

Violaceae

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Ocotea sp.

Lauraceae

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Cybianthus amazonica

Primulaceae

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Licania sp.

Chrysobalanaceae

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Aphelandra sp.

Acanthaceae

Urku mindal

Calycophyllum megistocaulum

Rubiaceae

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Columnea nicaraguensis

Gesneriaceae

Ichilla siku papa

Matisia malacocalyx

Malvaceae

Ruyak panga wapa

Virola peruviana

Myristicaceae

Chulla changa ruya

Clusia sp

Clusiaceae

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Matayba macrocarpa

Sapindaceae

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Clusia sp.

Clusiaceae

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Chimarrhis hookeri

Rubiaceae

Nigru kaspi muyu

Eugenia schunkei

Myrtaceae

Api kara kaspi

Anaxagorea brevipes

Annonaceae

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Gurania lobata

Cucurbitaceae

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Casearia prunifera

Salicaceae

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Cymbopogon citratus

Poaceae

Sacha tukuta

Trichilia sp.

Meliaceae

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Piper sp.

Piperaceae

Chukula kaspi

Theobroma gileri

Malvaceae

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Erythroxylum sp.

Erythroxylaceae

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Vismia minutiflora

Hypericaceae

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Piper sp.

Piperaceae

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Pourouma guianensis

Urticaceae

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Piper sp.

Piperaceae

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