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• 01 / 07 / 2010

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In the eagerness to explain the most varied relationships of the man with the milieu, similarities between some tress and human features are revealed.

Digital editions of the scientific sector, prove the ties, immortalized by oral tradition, between plants and parts of the human body as well as qualities, including animal and things, with plenty of comparisons in Cuba and in Pinar del Rio, the most forested province of the country.

So as to show vigour, fortress and good appearance, the "jagüey" ( cicus sp ) is ideal, with aerial roots like real hairs fused to the principal trunk, around which forms are carved resembling caves, sense and reproductive organs.

Other people give that giant of the Cuban flora a negative connotation, since it searches for support in a nearby tree until suffocation, therefore is a symbol of treason and ingratitude, said biologist Arturo Márquez, author of the researches.

On the other hand, the scar left when pruning a branch, resembles sometimes with a woman's eye, meanwhile the communion of mastic tree, palm and pine, is a sign of deep friendship, and the growth of any species in difficult circumstances or less favourable soils reveals rooting to life.

The sausage's tree ( Kigelia pinnata ) creates false expectations for its big fruits like large spiced salami-like sausages, ready to be digested; but they are woody and uneatable.

In 1812, 90 percent of the surface of the country was covered with forests; the proportion went down to 14 in 1959 and today 25 percent is forested, due to a program capable to preserve curious specimens.

Source: www.guerrillero.cu