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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

Yana muyu wallis

Pseudolmedia laevis

Moraceae

Ichilla yaku wachansi

Mabea klugii

Euphorbiaceae

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Chorisia integrifolia

Malvaceae

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Alchornea triplinervia

Euphorbiaceae

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Coffea arabica

Rubiaceae

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Dimerocostus strobilaceus

Costaceae

Shikshi Lalu

Dieffenbachia harlingii

Araceae

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Casearia ovalifolia

Salicaceae

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Poecilanthe effusa

Fabaceae

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Picramnia spruceana

Picramniaceae

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Alchornea brevistyla

Euphorbiaceae

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Piper poporense

Piperaceae

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Ocotea sp.

Lauraceae

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Piper sp.

Piperaceae

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Auricularia fuscosuccinea

Auriculariaceae

Ichilla sacha maria panga

Piper sp.

Piperaceae

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Virola sp.

Myristicaceae

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Phyllantus niruri

Phyllanthaceae

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Sanchezia skutchii

Acanthaceae

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Conceveiba guianensis

Euphorbiaceae

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Phytelephas tenuicaulis

Arecaceae

Manduru kasha ruya

Sterculia apetala

Malvaceae

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Zamia amazonum

Zamiaceae

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Andira inermis

Fabaceae

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Virola Multicostata

Myristicaceae

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Coffea robusta

Rubiaceae

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Chondrodendron tomentosum

Menispermaceae

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Siparuna guianensis

Siparunaceae

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Alchornea glandulosa

Euphorbiaceae

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Drymonia sp.

Gesneriaceae

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Dicranostyles ampla

Convolvulaceae

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Mikania sp.

Asteraceae

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Sanchezia speciosa

Acanthaceae

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Bactris amoena

Arecaceae

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Paullinia serhanoides

Sapindaceae

Chunda angu

Diplopterys cabrerana

Malpighiaceae

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Rollinia mucosa

Annonaceae

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Piper udisilvestre

Piperaceae

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Piper conejoense

Piperaceae

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Palicourea sp.

Rubiaceae

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Xylosma tessmannii

Salicaceae

Uchu yanda ruya

Zamia ulei

Zamiaceae

Pamba tukuta

Guarea carinata

Meliaceae

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Calyptranthes plicata

Myrtaceae

Rayu pakay

Inga coruscans

Fabaceae

Kunambu

Attalea butyracea

Arecaceae

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Ormosia arborea

Fabaceae

Pukuna kara kaspi

Xylopia parviflora

Annonaceae

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Piper phytolaccifolium

Piperaceae

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Tectaria sp.

Tectariaceae

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Justicia sp

Acanthaceae

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Commelina erecta

Commelinaceae

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Inga sp.

Fabaceae

Kanua angu

Lonchocarpus seorsus

Fabaceae

Payanchi

Abuta rufescens

Menispermaceae

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Serjania grandiflora

Sapindaceae

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Dalechampia sp.

Euphorbiaceae

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Guadua angustifolia

Poaceae

Ucsha

Geonoma stricta

Arecaceae

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Cissampelos sp.

Menispermaceae

Gliugliu pakai

Inga bourgonii

Fabaceae

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Cestrum macrophyllum

Solanaceae

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Justicia sp.

Acanthaceae

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Ipomoea sp.

Convolvulaceae

Killu payas

Miconia aulocalyx

Melastomataceae

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Pearcea hypocyrtiflora

Gesneriaceae

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Sanchezia peruviana

Acanthaceae

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Cecropia peltata

Urticaceae

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Coussapoa trinervia

Urticaceae

Turu ilu

Heliconia schumanniana

Heliconiaceae

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