Nick Garbutt / Montane rainforest understorey along a stream with dominant Pandanus sp. Vohiparara, Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. (digitally stitched image)

Mark Moffett / True Weevil (Eupholus sp) pair mating, Hala, Papua New Guinea

Shane P. White / Hala (Pandanus tectorius) tree in volcanic field, Mount Yasur, Tanna Island, Vanuatu

Shane P. White / Hala (Pandanus tectorius) tree in volcanic field, Mount Yasur, Tanna Island, Vanuatu

Ingo Arndt / Roots of Screwpine (Pandanus elatus) tropical rainforest, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australian Territory, November 2009.

Ingo Arndt / Roots of Screwpine (Pandanus elatus) tropical rainforest, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australian Territory, November 2009.

Chien Lee / Screw Pine (Pandanus sp) trees, Mantadia National Park, Madagascar

Chien Lee / Screw Pine (Pandanus sp) stilt roots, Weda Bay, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Adrian Davies / Common screwpine (Pandanus utilis) prop roots. Occurs in Madagascar, Mauritius and the Seychelles.

Anup Shah / Long-tailed Macaque (Macaca fascicularis) baby feeding on fruit of Screw Pine (Pandanus odoratissimus), Bako National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia,

Konrad Wothe / Screw Pine (Pandanus sp), Isalo National Park, Madagascar

Piotr Naskrecki / Screw Pine (Pandanus sp) leaf with spider, Papua New Guinea

Chien Lee / Screw Pine (Pandanus sp) in rainforest, Gunung Talang, Sumatra, Indonesia

Nick Garbutt / Montane rainforest understorey along a stream with dominant Pandanus sp. Vohiparara, Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. (digitally stitched image)

Tim Laman / Adult female Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) feeding on the celery like stems of the Pandanus plant. Gunung Palung National Park, Borneo, West Kalimantan, Indonesia

Tim Laman / Adult female Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) feeding on the celery like stems of the Pandanus plant. Gunung Palung National Park, Borneo, West Kalimantan, Indonesia

Tim Laman / Flower of a climbing species of Screwpine (Freycinetia sp) in the lowland rainforest, Gunung Palung National Park, Borneo, West Kalimantan, Indonesia

Tim Laman / Flower of a climbing species of Screwpine (Freycinetia sp) lowland rainforest, Gunung Palung National Park, Borneo, West Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Pete Oxford / Coastal Screw-pine (Pandanus tectorius) North Stradbroke Island. Queensland coast, Australia

Pete Oxford / Coastal Screw-pine (Pandanus tectorius) North Stradbroke Island. Queensland coast, Australia

Alan Watson / Pandanus / Screwpine trees (Pandanus vandanus) in montane forest at 850m, Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Madagascar January 2009

Kevin Schafer / Screw Pine (Pandanus sp) forest, Marojejy National Park, Madagascar

Piotr Naskrecki / Screwpine (Pandanus sp) underwater stems and roots, Virachey National Park, Cambodia

Thomas Marent / Screw Pine (Pandanus utilis) and Travellers Palm (Ravenala madagascariensis) forest and river near Mananara, eastern Madagascar

Thomas Marent / Screw Pine (Pandanus utilis) forest and river near Mananara, eastern Madagascar

Jouan & Rius / Aerial roots of {Pandanus sp} trees in tropical rainforest, Masoala NP, Madagascar

Jouan & Rius / Pandanus fruit in tropical dry forest, Ankarana Special Reserve, Madagascar

Adrian Davies / Stilt / prop roots of Screwpine tree {Pandanus forsteri}

Nick Upton / Fruit of Screwpine palm (Pandanus odoratissimus) Orchid Island coast, Taiwan.

Pete Oxford / Hala (Pandanus tectorius) tree, North Stradbroke Island, Australia

Pete Oxford / Hala (Pandanus tectorius) fruit, female, North Stradbroke Island, Australia

Tim Fitzharris / Hala (Pandanus tectorius) trees along Hana Coast, Maui, Hawaii

Mark Moffett / True Weevil (Eupholus sp) close-up of head, Hala, Papua New Guinea

Tui De Roy / Hala (Pandanus tectorius), native trees on Palmyra Atoll, US National Wildlife Refuge, US Line Islands

Mark Moffett / True Weevil (Eupholus sp) pair mating, Hala, Papua New Guinea

Mark Moffett / Red Palm Weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus) larvae roasted eaten by Kutapae boy, Hala, Papua New Guinea

Mark Moffett / Red Palm Weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus) larvae in leaf cooked by Kutapae family, Hala, Papua New Guinea

Mark Moffett / Red Palm Weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus) larvae cooked by Kutapae family, Hala, Papua New Guinea

Daniel Heuclin / Screwpine (Pandanus tectorius) Pine island, New Caledonia.

Daniel Heuclin / Cook pines (Araucaria columnaris) with Thatch screwpine (Pandanus tectorius) Pine Island, New Caledonia.

Daniel Heuclin / Thatch screwpine (Pandanus tectorius) and Cook pine (Araucaria columnaris) Pine island, New Caledonia.

Fiona Rogers / Long-tailed Macaque (Macaca fascicularis) baby feeding on fruit of Screw Pine (Pandanus odoratissimus), Bako National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Anup Shah / Long-tailed Macaque (Macaca fascicularis) male feeding on the fruit of a Screw Pine (Pandanus odoratissimus), Bako National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia,

Anup Shah / Long-tailed Macaque (Macaca fascicularis) male feeding on the fruit of a Screw Pine (Pandanus odoratissimus), Bako National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia,

Anup Shah / Long-tailed Macaque (Macaca fascicularis) baby feeding on fruit of Screw Pine (Pandanus odoratissimus), Bako National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia,

Piotr Naskrecki / Screw Pine (Pandanus sp) in cloud forest, Papua New Guinea

Nick Upton / Fruit of Screwpine palm (Pandanus odoratissimus) Orchid Island coast, Taiwan.

Roland Seitre / Rodrigues screwpine (Pandanus heterocarpus), Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.

Roland Seitre / Rodrigues screwpine (Pandanus heterocarpus) growing in tropical forest, Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.

Roland Seitre / Rodrigues screwpine (Pandanus heterocarpus) growing in tropical forest, Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.

Roland Seitre / Rodrigues screwpine (Pandanus heterocarpus) growing in tropical forest, Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.

Roland Seitre / Rodrigues screwpine (Pandanus heterocarpus) fruit, Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.