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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

Chagruna

Psychotria viridis

Rubiaceae

Chakana waska

Bauhinia guianensis

Fabaceae

Challua caspi

Geissospermum reticulatum

Apocynaceae

Chambira

Astrocaryum chambira

Arecaceae

Chamburu

Jacaratia digitata

Caricaceae

Chicle ruya, Pungara muyu

Lacmellea lactescens

Apocynaceae

Chili

Aphandra natalia

Arecaceae

Chingu, Shikita (P)

Socratea exorrhiza

Arecaceae

Chiri wayusa

Brunfelsia grandiflora

Solanaceae

Chuchuwasu

Maytenus sp.

Celastraceae

Chugri yuyu

Kalanchoe pinnata

Crassulaceae

Chuku

Erythrina ulei

Fabaceae

Chuku yura

Erythrina poeppigiana

Fabaceae

Chukunza ruya

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Chunda / Chundaruru

Bactris gasipaes

Arecaceae

Corcha

Apeiba membranacea

Malvaceae

Cruz kaspi

Browneopsis ucayalina

Fabaceae

Cupa yura

Jacaranda copaia

Bignoniaceae

Diablo kasha

Xylosma intermedia

Salicaceae

Dzaydzi Panga

Piper sp.

Piperaceae

Guacamayu Shibu

Aiphanes weberbaueri

Arecaceae

Ichilla chincha

Sorocea steinbachii

Moraceae

Ichilla yutsu

Calliandra angustifolia

Fabaceae

Iluku chakana

Bauhinia sp.

Fabaceae

Iyu chini

Urera caracasana

Urticaceae

Kallana ala

Cookeina speciosa

Sarcoscyphaceae

Kallu mandi

Xanthosoma sp.

Araceae

Kara Kaspi

Guatteria elata

Annonaceae

Wagra rinri panga

Calathea roseopicta

Marantaceae

Karundzi chaki

Strychnos guianensis

Loganiaceae

Kañon kambi

Herrania nitida

Malvaceae

Killu mandi sisa yura

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Kilum kilum

Tradescantia sp

Commelinaceae

Kiwin Panga

Phyllanthus anisolobus

Euphorbiaceae

Kiwa muyu

Cyathula achyranthoides

Amaranthaceae

Kulantru

Eryngium foetidum

Apiaceae

Kurarina

Potalia amara

Loganiaceae

Kushillu kambi

Theobroma subincanum

Malvaceae

Kuwayu panga

Kuwayu panga

Marantaceae

Misapu panga

Fittonia albivenis

Acanthaceae

Kwichij Panga

Diplazium pinnatifidum

Athyriaceae

Lagarto Kaspi / Kuri Kaspi

Calophyllum brasiliense

Calophyllaceae

Lan iki

Croton lechleri

Euphorbiaceae

Lapita Panga

Philodendron deflexum

Araceae

Lisan

Carludovica palmata

Cyclanthaceae

Llaina

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Llaki Panga

Stromanthe stromanthoides

Marantaceae

Llanchama

Poulsenia armata

Moraceae

Llantiras

Schefflera morototoni

Araliaceae

Lluchu ruya, Capirona

Capirona decorticans

Rubiaceae

Llunchik

Vernonanthura patens

Asteraceae

Lumu

Manihot esculenta

Euphorbiaceae

Lumucha misha

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Lustinda Yura

Couroupita guianensis

Lecythidaceae

Ñutu macana panga

Geonoma macrostachys

Arecaceae

Machakuy Mandi

Dracontium loretense

Araceae

Machin Kurta Muyu

Casearia fasciculata

Salicaceae

Manduru

Bixa orellana

Bixaceae

Maria Panga

Piper peltatum

Piperaceae

Maticu

Piper aduncum

Piperaceae

Matiri

Clavija harlingii

Theophrastaceae

Mindal

Simira cordifolia

Rubiaceae

Mishki panga

Piper obliquum

Piperaceae

Mishki panga

Piper auritum

Piperaceae

Morete

Mauritia flexuosa

Arecaceae

Mulino kaspi

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Sapotaceae

Paju kaspi

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Palanda

Musa sp.

Musaceae

Panga Barbasco

Clibadium surinamense

Asteraceae

Paniwa, Shiona

Euterpe precatoria

Arecaceae

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