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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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Genipa sp.

Rubiaceae

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Malvastrum americanum

Malvaceae

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Guatteria ramiflora

Annonaceae

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Pariana ecuadoriensis

Poaceae

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Wettinia sp.

Arecaceae

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Adelonema picturatum

Araceae

Supay panga

Siparuna bifida

Siparunaceae

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Drymonia sp.

Gesneriaceae

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Triolena sp.

Melastomataceae

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Miconia albivenis

Melastomataceae

Yana kara kaspi

Cremastosperma sp.

Annonaceae

Urku yajanchi

Heisteria erythrocarpa

Olacaceae

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Palicourea lasiantha

Rubiaceae

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Mikania guaco

Asteraceae

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Endlicheria williamsii

Lauraceae

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Inga edibilis

Fabaceae

Sacha pilansi

Eugenia heterochroma

Myrtaceae

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Cremastosperma sp.

Annonaceae

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Heisteria acuminata

Olacaceae

Turu shilquillu

Protium puncticulatum

Burseraceae

Llambu wallis

Pseudolmedia laevigata

Moraceae

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Abuta pahnii

Menispermaceae

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Gouania lupuloides

Rhamnaceae

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Loreya collatata

Melastomataceae

Kul panga

Goeppertia bantae

Marantaceae

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Forcelia sp.

Annonaceae

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Anthurium gladiifolium

Araceae

Allia pundu

Dendropanax sp.

Araliaceae

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Pilea sp.

Urticaceae

Wira muyu ruya

Siparuna sp.

Siparunaceae

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Cybianthus quinilla

Primulaceae

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Ischnosiphon obliquus

Marantaceae

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Bactris hirta

Arecaceae

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Piper sp.

Piperaceae

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Lindackeria paludosa

Achariaceae

Sacha guayusa kaspi

Ryania speciosa

Salicaceae

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Piper sp.

Piperaceae

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Aphelandra martiusii

Acanthaceae

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Sapindaceae paullinia

Sapindaceae

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Souroubea sp.

Marcgraviaceae

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Philodendron tripartitum

Araceae

Pamba pinchi

Nectandra gracilis

Lauraceae

Atamba

Cecropia sp.

Urticaceae

Shimbi

Bactris sp.

Arecaceae

Yaku sacha muyu wallis

Perebea xanthochyma

Moraceae

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Piper sp.

Piperaceae

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Matayba sp.

Sapindaceae

Barisa pakay

Inga ciliata

Fabaceae

Turu wapa

Virola duckei

Myristicaceae

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Palicourea sp.

Rubiaceae

Lupanchi

Vismia baccifera

Hypericaceae

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Hippotis albiflora

Rubiaceae

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Hippotis brevipes

Rubiaceae

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Erythrina amazonica

Fabaceae

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Pleurothyrium panurense

Lauraceae

Buti kaspi ruya

Macrolobium microcalyx

Fabaceae

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Palicourea tomentosa

Rubiaceae

Urku wawalpa

Mollinedia ovata

Monimiaceae

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Adelobotrys intonsa

Melastomataceae

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Clidemia septuplinervia

Melastomataceae

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Neea floribunda

Nyctaginaceae

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Faramea glandulosa

Rubiaceae

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Gonzalagunia sp.

Rubiaceae

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Hyospathe elegans

Arecaceae

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Casearia mariquitensis

Salicaceae

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Urera baccifera

Urticaceae

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Guarea kunthiana

Meliaceae

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Cedrelinga cateniformis

Fabaceae

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Strychnos darienensis

Loganiaceae

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Tovomita spruceana

Clusiaceae

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