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02SW10 - Indigenous Healing Plants and Rituals of the Americas Format:Audio Plants have been in anSpeaker: Cascade Anderson Geller. The healing plants and ceremonies of Ecuador are featured in this presentation. Plants used in ceremony and for medicinal purposes include achiote, calabash, cat's claw, coconut, quichua, plantain, tagua nut and manioc. The tribal cultures of Ecuador are still alive today, although becoming weaker. This talk brings them alive.