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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

Sapu wąska

Banisteriopsis muricata

Malpighiaceae

Pilingas pakai

Inga sp 22

Fabaceae

Atun kruz kaspi

Macrolobium angustifolium

Fabaceae

Turu pasu

Couroupita sp

Lecythidaceae

Staphylea occidentalis

Staphyleaceae

Turu Kwika Panga

Cyclanthus sp

Cyclanthaceae

Vismia macrophylla

Hypericaceae

Chichiku pakai

Calliandra guildingii

Fabaceae

Vitex orinocensis

Lamiaceae

Protium sp 4

Burseraceae

Piper sp 24

Piperaceae

Piper Sp 10

Piperaceae

Brownea sp 2

Fabaceae

Calathea wallisii

Marantaceae

Paullinia sp

Sapindaceae

Palapanga kara kaspi

Unonopsis magnifolia

Annonaceae

Solanum pectinatum

Solanaceae

Sacha anunas

Rollinia sp

Annonaceae

Shitik panga kruz kaspi

Macrolobium sp

Fabaceae

Unonopsis sp

Annonaceae

Guatteria Schunkeyigoi

Annonaceae

Killu Yuturi Sisa

Drymonia Hoppii

Gesneriaceae

Passiflora lutea

Passifloraceae

Pseuderanthemum ctenospermum

Acanthaceae

Piper marsupiiferum

Piperaceae

Acalypha macrostachya

Euphorbiaceae

Puma panga

Calathea contrafenestra

Marantaceae

Bactris fissifrons

Arecaceae

Yaku wapa

Iryanthera juruensis

Myristicaceae

Pamba manduru kaspi

Rinorea sp

Violaceae

Guatteria boliviana

Annonaceae

Casearia sp 2

Salicaceae

Heliconia aemygdiana

Heliconiaceae

Tapirira pelkotiana

Anacardiaceae

Miconia sp 2

Melastomataceae

Pentagonia parvifolia

Rubiaceae

Pilea sp 3

Urticaceae

Psychotria sp 3

Rubiaceae

Passiflora coccinea

Passifloraceae

Isla kauchu ruya

Sapium marmieri

Euphorbiaceae

Huertea glandulosa

Staphyleaceae

Vismia tomentosa

Hypericaceae

Citrus aurantifolia

Rutaceae

Philodendron

Araceae

Xanthosoma viviparum

Araceae

Ismu pinchi

Pleurothyrium vasquezii

Lauraceae

Guatteria sp 443

Annonaceae

Banara grandiflora

Salicaceae

Besleria Barbata

Gesneriaceae

Iryanthera elliptica

Myristicaceae

Goeppertia sanderiana

Marantaceae

Siparuna sp

Siparunaceae

Kuina pakai

Inga capitata

Fabaceae

Pleurothyrium parviflorum

Lauraceae

Matisia sp

Malvaceae

Renealmia thyrsoidea

Zingiberaceae

Parinari occidentalis

Chrysobalanaceae

Miconia laevigata

Melastomataceae

Ruprechtia tangarana

Polygonaceae

Helicostylis tomentosa

Moraceae

Casearia pitumba

Salicaceae

Sabicea villosa

Rubiaceae

Macuna elliptica

Fabaceae

Cheiloclinium klugii

Celastraceae

Banara nitida

Salicaceae

Pourouma tomentosa

Urticaceae

Barbasku kaspi

Dipteryx micrantha

Fabaceae

Protium tenuifolium

Burseraceae

Tiamshi

Heteropsis

Araceae

Luchuna Sisa

Gasteranthus Corallinus

Gesneriaceae

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