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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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Queñal

Polylepis sp

Rosaceae

Rayu sisa / Bandera caspi

Warszewiczia coccinea

Rubiaceae

Sacha Pacai 10

Inga sp 10

Fabaceae

Sacha Pacai 5

Inga sp 4

Fabaceae

Sacha Pacay 6

Inga sp 5

Fabaceae

Sacha ajo

Mansoa alliacea

Bignoniaceae

Sacha tikaso

Plukenetia volubilis

Euphorbiaceae

Sacha wituk

Faramea sp

Rubiaceae

Sani yura

Casearia obovalis

Salicaceae

Sara

Zea mays

Poaceae

Shibu

Bactris maraja

Arecaceae

Shirkillu / Copal

Protium amazonicum

Burseraceae

Sikuanga Shungu ala

Collybia aurea

Tricholomataceae

Supai chunda

Desmoncus giganteus

Arecaceae

Taka ala

Tamburu

Vochysia braceliniae

Vochysiaceae

Taruga papaya

Vasconcellesa microcarpa

Caricaceae

Tsula

Cecropia peltata

Urticaceae

Uchu

Capsicum frutescens

Solanaceae

Uña de Gato

Uncaria tomentosa

Rubiaceae

Wanduk

Brugmansia insignis

Solanaceae

Waska shia

Mikania cordifolia

Asteraceae

Wituk / Ituk

Genipa americana

Rubiaceae

Yarina

Phytelephas macrocarpa

Arecaceae

Ramos

Astrocaryum murumuru

Arecaceae

Sacha ajo

Mansoa standleyi

Bignoniaceae

Sacha Pacai 2

Inga punctata

Fabaceae

Sacha Pacai 8

Inga sp 7

Fabaceae

Sacha Pacay 7

Inga sp 6

Fabaceae

Sacha cebolla

Eucharis ulei

Amaryllidaceae

Sacha uvillas

Pourouma cecropiifolia

Urticaceae

Samay ala

Sapara palanda

Faramea uniflora

Rubiaceae

Sarsaparilla

Smilax febrifuga

Smilacaceae

Shiguango

Renealmia breviscapa

Zingiberaceae

Shiwa

Oenocarpus bataua

Arecaceae

Simayuca Yura

Acalypha diversifolia

Euphorbiaceae

Suru panga

Pariana radiciflora

Poaceae

Llausa Tulan

Heliconia rostrata

Heliconiaceae

Tamia Yura / Chawata Lulun

Leonia crassa

Violaceae

Tsimbiu

Witheringia solanacea

Solanaceae

Tsula yura

Cecropia ficifolia

Urticaceae

Uchulumbas / Turu Aviu

Duroia hirsuta

Rubiaceae

Wagra simayuka

Palicourea cenepensis

Rubiaceae

Urpi chunda

Aiphanes ulei

Arecaceae

Waysa

Ilex guayusa

Aquifoliaceae

Yaku pacai

Inga sp 2

Fabaceae

Rayo Pacai

Inga sp 9

Fabaceae

Sacha Pacai 1

Inga microcoma

Fabaceae

Sacha Pacai 4

Inga sp 3

Fabaceae

Sacha Pacai 9

Inga sp 8

Fabaceae

Sacha paparahua

Clarisia biflora

Moraceae

Sacha pacai 3

Inga cayennensis

Fabaceae

Sacha wanduk

Samuna yura

Ceiba pentandra

Malvaceae

Sapi ambi / Sapi barbasco

Lonchocarpus nicou

Fabaceae

Shalipu

Trema micrantha

Ulmaceae

Shiringa

Hevea brasiliensis

Euphorbiaceae

Sikuanga kallu

Philodendron sp

Araceae

Suni panga wapa

Virola elongata

Myristicaceae

Syndi yura

Prunus debilis

Rosaceae

Taku Shibu

Bactris acanthocarpa

Arecaceae

Taruga Lumu

Manihot brachyloba

Euphorbiaceae

Tsituli panga / Supay Chagra

Clidemia heterophylla

Melastomataceae

Tukuta

Guarea macrophylla

Meliaceae

Umu

Chamaedorea pauciflora

Arecaceae

Wambula

Minquartia guianensis

Olacaceae

Waranga

Parkia multijuga

Fabaceae

Wiki Muyu

Lacmellea klugii

Apocynaceae

Yana pudzu ala

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