Juergen Freund / Moromaho Island is home to thousands of Coconut palms (Cocos nucifera). Twice a year farmers come to this island to harvest copra, the meat of the coconut, which is the source of coconut oil. Wakatobi...

Juergen Freund / Silhouette of karst limestone outcrop and Coconut trees (Cocos nucifera) of Entalula Island at sunset. El Nido, Northern Palawan, May 2009.

Juergen Freund / Coconut palm (Cocos nucifera) roots getting washed out of the sand due to constant tide changes and erosion. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January 2010

Juergen Freund / Coconut palm (Cocos nucifera) roots getting washed out of the sand due to constant tide changes and erosion. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, January 2010

Juergen Freund / Looking up through the fronds of Licuala fan palms {Licuala ramsayi} endemic to the tropical rainforest of North Queensland, Daintree NP, Australia

Juergen Freund / Looking up through the fronds of Licuala fan palms {Licuala ramsayi} endemic to the tropical rainforest of North Queensland, Daintree NP, Australia

Juergen Freund / Fan palms illuminated by sunlight, Tangkoko National Park, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Thorny stem of a rattan palm (Calameae) in the forest. Tangkoko National Park, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Juergen Freund / Rattan plants in the forest. Bako National Park, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo

Juergen Freund / Rattan plant spines in the forest. Bako National Park, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo.

Juergen Freund / Palm fruits (Elaeis quineesis Jacq) red and yellow fruit bunches are piled high ready for the mill trucks to pick up. New Britain Palm Oil Limited, Papua New Guinea, May 2010.

Juergen Freund / New Britain palm (Elaeis quineesis Jacq) oil plantation by the coast, New Britain, Papua New Guinea, May 2010.