Doug Wechsler / Man by buttress root of Mora tree {Mora excelsa}, valuable timber tree. Guyana, South America

MYN / Andrew Snyder / Mora seed (Mora excelsa) Iwokrama, Guyana. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Alan Watson / Buttressed base of a cola tree (Mora abbottii) in lowland tropical rainforest at 430 metres, Loma Quita Espuela Scientific Reserve, Dominican Republic, Caribbean

Alan Watson / Moss-covered base of a Cola tree (Mora abbottii), with manacla or sierra palms (Prestoea montana), in cloud forest at 900 metres, Loma Quita Espuela Scientific Reserve, Dominican Republic, Caribbean

Alan Watson / Moss-covered base of a Cola tree (Mora abbottii), with manacla or sierra palms (Prestoea montana), in cloud forest at 900 metres, Loma Quita Espuela Scientific Reserve, Dominican Republic, Caribbean

Alan Watson / Buttressed base of a Cola tree (Mora abbottii) Manacla / Sierra palms (Prestoea montana) in tropical rainforest at 770 metres, Loma Quita Espuela Scientific Reserve, Dominican Republic, Caribbean

Alan Watson / Buttressed trunk of a Nato mangrove (Mora megistosperma) and Piñuela mangrove (Pelliciera rhizophorae) at low tide, Coqui, Chocó Department, Pacific Coast, Colombia

Alan Watson / Buttressed trunk of a Nato mangrove (Mora megistosperma) and Piñuela mangrove (Pelliciera rhizophorae) at low tide, at Coqui, Chocó Department, Pacific Coast, Colombia

Jack Dykinga / Moss covered trunk of Western hemlock tree {Tsuga heterophylla} in temperate rainforest, nr Mora Beach, Olympic NP, Washington, USA