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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

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Casearia javitensis

Salicaceae

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Guarea sp.

Meliaceae

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Tapirira guianensis

Anacardiaceae

Lumucha panga

Calathea sp.

Marantaceae

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Licania canescens

Chrysobalanaceae

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Irlbachia alata

Gentianiaceae

Sacha sindi ruya

Protium sagotianum

Burseraceae

Pamba likuachi

Mouriri grandiflora

Melastomataceae

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Aphelandra aurantiaca

Acanthaceae

Lianchama

Setiflora sp.

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Crepidospermum prancei

Burseraceae

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Inga tenuistipula

Fabaceae

Ishpingo

Ocotea quixos

Lauraceae

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Pourouma sp.

Urticaceae

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Clidemia dentata

Melastomataceae

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Cordia sp.

Boraginaceae

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Guatteria olivacea

Annonaceae

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Anthurium gracile

Araceae

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Crescentia amazonica

Bignoniaceae

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Marila tomentosa

Calophyllaceae

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Costus sp.

Costaceae

Api wapa

Iryanthera lancifolia

Myristicaceae

Allan pasu

Couratari guianensis

Lecythidaceae

Kindi Sisa

Besleria aggregata

Gesneriaceae

Puka panga payas

Miconia serrulata

Melastomataceae

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Wettinia quinaria

Arecaceae

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Tapirira obtusa

Anacardiaceae

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Biophytum foxii

Oxalidaceae

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Amaioua sp.

Rubiaceae

Awispa panga

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Erythroxylum sp.

Erythroxylaceae

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Schefflera sp.

Araliaceae

Turu tukuta

Trichilia septentrionalis

Meliaceae

Atun shilquillu

Dacryodes sclerophylla

Burseraceae

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Pilea sp.

Urticaceae

Pamba kuwan

Heliconia episcopalis

Heliconiaceae

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Inga auristellae

Fabaceae

Rumi pakay

Inga densiflora

Fabaceae

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Zanthoxylum sp.

Rutaceae

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Piper longicaudatum

Piperaceae

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Eschweilera andina

Lecythidaceae

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Anthurium grex-avium

Araceae

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Miconia sp.

Melastomataceae

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Guatteria pteropus

Annonaceae

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Paullinia yoco

Sapindaceae

Chuba pakay

Inga sp.

Fabaceae

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Aniba parviflora

Lauraceae

Chuchu huasca

Drymonia coccinea

Gesneriaceae

Atzak

Niphidium crassifolium

Polypodiaceae

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Ficus citrifolia

Moraceae

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Casearia arborea

Salicaceae

Yuku

Bunchosia hookeriana

Malpighiaceae

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Ruellia colorata

Acanthaceae

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Miconia sp.

Melastomataceae

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Xiphidium caeruleum

Haemodoraceae

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Celtis iguanaea

Cannabaceae

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Pearcea sp.

Gesneriaceae

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Clematis vitalba

Ranunculaceae

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Attalea maripa

Arecaceae

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Pouteria cuspidata

Rubiaceae

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Rauvolfia sp.

Apocynaceae

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Mayna odorata

Achariaceae

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Caladium bicolor

Araceae

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Maclura tinctoria

Moraceae

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Guatteria sp.

Annonaceae

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Virola caducifolia

Myristicaceae

Ambi kara kaspi

Unonopsis floribunda

Annonaceae

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Piper bellidifolium

Piperaceae

Killu pinchi/ Killu ajua

Ocotea alata

Lauraceae

Purun payas

Miconia dolichorrhyncha

Melastomataceae

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