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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

Urku tukuta

Trichilia micrantha

Meliaceae

Solanum sessiliflorum

Solanaceae

Annona sp 2

Annonaceae

Piptocoma discolor

Asteraceae

Piper Sp 8

Piperaceae

Psychotria sp 6

Rubiaceae

Llambu panga wapa

Virola divergens

Myristicaceae

Sasi Kuan

Heliconia chartacea

Heliconiaceae

Passiflora sp 2

Passifloraceae

Caballu kaspi

Stylogyne serpentina

Primulaceae

Guarea ecuadoriensis

Meliaceae

Palicourea guianensis

Rubiaceae

Mendoncia glabra

Acanthaceae

Shitik panga pinchi

Ocotea cuneifolia

Lauraceae

Oplismenus sp

Poaceae

Solanum sp 2

Solanaceae

Paullinia sp 4

Sapindaceae

Guagra chiri kaspi

Eugenia egensis

Myrtaceae

Guatteria ramiflora

Annonaceae

Adelonema picturatum

Araceae

Triolena sp

Melastomataceae

Urku yajanchi

Heisteria erythrocarpa

Olacaceae

Endlicheria williamsii

Lauraceae

Cremastosperma sp

Annonaceae

Pamba kara kaspi

Cremastosperma sp 2

Annonaceae

Anthurium sp 3

Araceae

Meliosma kunthii

Sabiaceae

Desmodium adscendens

Fabaceae

Senna sp

Fabaceae

Oplismenus sp

Poaceae

Ecclinusa lanceolata

Sapotaceae

Brosimum utile

Moraceae

Dalechampia sp 2

Euphorbiaceae

Persea americana

Lauraceae

Ficus benjamina

Moraceae

Sloanea guianensis

Elaeocarpaceae

Anthurium clavigerum

Araceae

Ichilla tzuna ruya

Allophylus floribundus

Sapindaceae

Hevea sp

Euphorbiaceae

Allpa ucsha

Geonoma brongniartii

Arecaceae

Rumi pinchi

Rhodostemonodaphne sp

Lauraceae

Genipa sp

Rubiaceae

Pariana ecuadoriensis

Poaceae

Siparuna bifida

Siparunaceae

Miconia albivenis

Melastomataceae

Palicourea lasiantha

Rubiaceae

Inga edibilis

Fabaceae

Ñañu panga kara kaspi

Oxandra xylopioides

Annonaceae

Psychotria sp 7

Rubiaceae

Otoba sp

Myristicaceae

Marcgravia sp

Marcgraviaceae

Pourouma minor

Urticaceae

Anthurium sp 4

Araceae

Paullinia alata

Sapindaceae

Hyeronima alchorneoides

Peraceae

Arrabidaea bracteosa

Bignoniaceae

Philodendron sp 1

Araceae

Entada polyphylla

Fabaceae

Urku Kuan

Heliconia wagneriana

Heliconiaceae

Notopleura polyphlebia

Rubiaceae

Prestonia sp

Apocynaceae

Patas Kula / Kila yura

Theobroma bicolor

Malvaceae

Gloeospermum equatoriense

Violaceae

Hygrophila guianensis

Acanthaceae

Malvastrum americanum

Malvaceae

Wettinia sp

Arecaceae

Drymonia sp 2

Gesneriaceae

Yana kara kaspi

Cremastosperma sp 3

Annonaceae

Mikania guaco

Asteraceae

Sacha pilansi

Eugenia heterochroma

Myrtaceae

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