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“Lantern bush Meaning: Hope may blind me Abutilon leucopetalum | Northern Territory Tjirin-tjrinpa (Pit.) is found in dry, often rocky inland regions. Leaves have a heart-shaped base. Yellow hibiscus-like flowers appear mostly in winter and spring, but can sometimes appear endlessly, their bright color shining all year round. Used by Anangu children to make small toy spears.”

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Book:The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
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“Das ist Lateinamerika, die Re­ gion der offenen Adern. Von seiner Entdeckung bis in die heutige Zeit wurde alles stets in euro­ päisches oder später in nordamerikanisches Ka­ pital verwandelt und als solches wurde und wird es in den fernen Zentren der Macht angehäuft. Alles: das Land, seine Früchte und seine Boden­ schätze, die Menschen und ihre Arbeits- und Kon­ sumkraft.”

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Book:Die offenen Adern Lateinamerikas: Neuausgabe by Eduardo Galeano
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