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№ 019TreesAshoka Tree: The Sorrowless Tree of Gods and Women
A small, sacred, orange-flowered tree woven through the myths of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism — associated with love, fertility, and 'the removal of sorrow' — and long a medicine for women, now over-harvested and threatened.
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№ 195TreesIroko: The African Teak and the Tree of Spirits
A durable golden-brown West African timber sold as 'African teak' — a fig-family giant revered as a dwelling of spirits, guarded by taboo, and armoured against the sawmill by stones inside its own wood.
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