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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

Papanku

Cyclanthus bipartitus

Cyclanthaceae

Papaya chini

Urera laciniata

Urticaceae

Pasu

Gustavia macarenensis

Lecythidaceae

Piwi

Piptocoma discolor

Asteraceae

Pilche Yura

Crescentia cujete

Bignoniaceae

Piluri ruya, Ila Yura

Ficus sp.

Moraceae

Ila yura

Ficus sp.

Moraceae

Pindu

Gynerium sagittatum

Poaceae

Pishku Ila

Symphonia globulifera

Clusiaceae

Piton

Grias neuberthii

Lecythidaceae

Ponce yura

Alchornea guianensis

Euphorbiaceae

Puka panga aviu

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Lecythidaceae

Puma kaspi, Acero kaspi

Hieronyma alchorneoides

Phyllanthaceae

Puma yuyu

Cybianthus kayapii

Primulaceae

Pungara

Garcinia macrophylla

Clusiaceae

Putus panga

Miconia octona

Melastomataceae

Punzhana Rinri Ala

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Punzhana Ullu

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Putus yura

Ceiba samauma

Malvaceae

Puñuy panga

Mimosa pudica

Fabaceae

Queñal

Polylepis sp.

Rosaceae

Ramos

Astrocaryum murumuru

Arecaceae

Rayu pakay

Inga sp.

Fabaceae

Rayu sisa, Bandera caspi

Warszewiczia coccinea

Rubiaceae

Sacha ajo

Mansoa standleyi

Bignoniaceae

Sacha Pacay 1

Inga microcoma

Fabaceae

Sacha Pacay 10

Inga sp.

Fabaceae

Sacha Pacay 2

Inga punctata

Fabaceae

Sacha Pacay 4

Inga sp.

Fabaceae

Sacha Pacay 5

Inga sp.

Fabaceae

Sacha Pacay 8

Inga sp.

Fabaceae

Sacha Pacay 9

Inga sp.

Fabaceae

Sacha Pacay 6

Inga sp.

Fabaceae

Sacha Pacay 7

Inga sp.

Fabaceae

Sacha paparahua

Clarisia biflora

Moraceae

Sacha ajo

Mansoa alliacea

Bignoniaceae

Sacha cebolla

Eucharis ulei

Amaryllidaceae

Sacha pacai 3

Inga cayennensis

Fabaceae

Sacha tikaso

Plukenetia volubilis

Euphorbiaceae

Sacha uvillas

Pourouma cecropiifolia

Urticaceae

Sacha wanduk

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Sacha wituk

Faramea sp.

Rubiaceae

Samay ala

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Samuna yura

Ceiba pentandra

Malvaceae

Sani yura

Casearia obovalis

Salicaceae

Sapara palanda

Faramea uniflora

Rubiaceae

Sapi ambi, Sapi barbascu

Lonchocarpus nicou

Fabaceae

Sara

Zea mays

Poaceae

Sarsaparilla

Smilax febrifuga

Smilacaceae

Shalipu

Trema micrantha

Ulmaceae

Shibu

Bactris maraja

Arecaceae

Shiguango

Renealmia breviscapa

Zingiberaceae

Shiringa

Hevea brasiliensis

Euphorbiaceae

Shirkillu / Copal

Protium amazonicum

Burseraceae

Shiwa

Oenocarpus bataua

Arecaceae

Sikuanga kallu

Philodendron sp.

Araceae

Sikuanga shungu ala

Collybia aurea

Tricholomataceae

Simayuca yura

Acalypha diversifolia

Euphorbiaceae

Suni panga wapa

Virola elongata

Myristicaceae

Supay chunda

Desmoncus giganteus

Arecaceae

Suru panga

Pariana radiciflora

Poaceae

Sindi yura

Prunus debilis

Rosaceae

Taka ala

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Llausa Tulan

Heliconia rostrata

Heliconiaceae

Taku Shibu

Bactris acanthocarpa

Arecaceae

Tamburu

Vochysia braceliniae

Vochysiaceae

Tamia yura, Chawata lulun

Leonia crassa

Violaceae

Taruga Lumu

Manihot brachiloba

Euphorbiaceae

Taruga papaya

Vasconcellesa microcarpa

Caricaceae

Tsimbiu

Witheringia solanacea

Solanaceae

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