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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

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Carica papaya

Caricaceae

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Citrus sp.

Rutaceae

Kati muyu ruya

Dendropanax sp.

Araliaceae

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Posoqueria loretensis

Rubiaceae

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Chimarrhis sp.

Rubiaceae

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Ruizodendron ovale

Annonaceae

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Clidemia allardii

Melastomataceae

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Coussapoa tessmannii

Urticaceae

Urku pinchi

Ocotea sp.

Lauraceae

Awa uksha

Geonoma longepedunculata

Arecaceae

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Besleria barclayi

Gesneriaceae

Uritu wachansi

Capidatum sp.

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Cupania cinerea

Sapindaceae

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Ficus sp.

Moraceae

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Monstera obliqua

Araceae

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Piper florencianum

Piperaceae

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Dioclea sp.

Fabaceae

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Connarus sp.

Connaraceae

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Erythroxylum coca var. ipadu

Erythroxylaceae

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Psychotria zeballosii

Rubiaceae

Sapu waska

Banisteriopsis muricata

Malpighiaceae

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Piper marsupiiferum

Piperaceae

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Banara grandiflora

Salicaceae

Pilingas pakay

Inga sp.

Fabaceae

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Acalypha macrostachya

Euphorbiaceae

Chuchu Sisa

Besleria barbata

Gesneriaceae

Atun kruz kaspi

Macrolobium angustifolium

Fabaceae

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Iryanthera elliptica

Myristicaceae

Turu pasu

Couroupita sp.

Lecythidaceae

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Bactris fissifrons

Arecaceae

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Goeppertia sanderiana

Marantaceae

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Staphylea occidentalis

Staphyleaceae

Yaku wapa

Iryanthera juruensis

Myristicaceae

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Siparuna sp.

Siparunaceae

Turu kwika panga

Cyclanthus sp.

Cyclanthaceae

Pamba manduru kaspi

Rinorea sp.

Violaceae

Kuina pakai

Inga capitata

Fabaceae

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Vismia macrophylla

Hypericaceae

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Guatteria boliviana

Annonaceae

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Pleurothyrium parviflorum

Lauraceae

Chichiku pakay

Calliandra guildingii

Fabaceae

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Casearia sp.

Salicaceae

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Matisia sp.

Malvaceae

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Vitex orinocensis

Lamiaceae

Wawa Mama Kuwan

Heliconia aemygdiana

Heliconiaceae

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Renealmia thyrsoidea

Zingiberaceae

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Protium sp.

Burseraceae

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Tapirira peckoltiana

Anacardiaceae

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Parinari occidentalis

Chrysobalanaceae

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Piper reticulatum

Piperaceae

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Miconia sp.

Melastomataceae

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Miconia laevigata

Melastomataceae

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Piper sp.

Piperaceae

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Pentagonia parvifolia

Rubiaceae

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Ruprechtia tangarana

Polygonaceae

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Brownea sp.

Fabaceae

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Pilea sp.

Urticaceae

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Helicostylis tomentosa

Moraceae

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Calathea wallisii

Marantaceae

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Pseudolmedia sp.

Rubiaceae

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Casearia pitumba

Salicaceae

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Paullinia sp.

Sapindaceae

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Passiflora coccinea

Passifloraceae

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Sabicea villosa

Rubiaceae

Palapanga kara kaspi

Unonopsis magnifolia

Annonaceae

Isla kauchu ruya

Sapium marmieri

Euphorbiaceae

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Macuna elliptica

Fabaceae

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Solanum pectinatum

Solanaceae

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Huertea glandulosa

Staphyleaceae

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Cheiloclinium klugii

Celastraceae

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