Pandanus palm trees growing on sandy beach, Nilavelli Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, Asia

Pandanus Forest, Pandanus christmatensis, Christmas Island, Australia

Elevated view of pandanus (screw palm) trees at a site known as the Milky Way, Palau, Micronesia, Pacific

Aboriginal Yolngu elder stirs freshly dyed pandanus fronds to be used for basket making at Nyinyikay Homeland, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia, Pacific

A woman, Aboriginal elder, stirring pandanus for weaving baskets, Nyinyikay Homeland, East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia, Pacific

Two women making woven pandanus mats at Haveluloto on the island of Tongatapu, Tonga, Pacific Islands, Pacific

Reflections of rocks and Pandanus species in the waters of Jim Jim Creek in Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia, Pacific

Woman weaving traditional pandanus mat at a Melanesian cultural festival, Efate Island, Port Vila, Vanuatu

Women weaving traditional pandanus mat at a Melanesian cultural festival, Efate Island, Port Vila, Vanuatu

Woman weaving traditional pandanus mat at a Melanesian cultural festival, Efate Island, Port Vila, Vanuatu

Screw pine fruit (Pandanus tectorius), Fingal Heads, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Portrait of a Tahitian woman with a bag traditionally woven from pandanus fibers at a cultural festival, Papeete, Tahiti, Windward Islands, French Polynesia, South Pacific

Luxury tent on stilts right at the beach under Pandanus trees, Wilson Island Resort, Wilson Island, part of the Capricornia Cays National Park, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Queensland, Australia

Traditional weaving with pandanus leaves during an immersion workshop in the ELK cultural village, Apootaata, Moorea, Windward Islands, French Polynesia, South Pacific

Traditional weaving with pandanus leaves during an immersion workshop in the ELK cultural village, Apootaata, Moorea, Windward Islands, French Polynesia, South Pacific

Detail of the hands of a woman weaving a bag from pandanus fiber the traditional way at a cultural festival, Papeete, Tahiti, Windward Islands, French Polynesia, South Pacific

Guest in the hammock right at the beach under Pandanus trees, Wilson Island Resort, Wilson Island, part of the Capricornia Cays National Park, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Queensland, Australia

Screw Pine (Pandanus tectorius), temperate rainforest, UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site, Fraser Island, Great Sandy National Park, Queensland, Australia

Light Micrograph (LM) of a transverse section of an aerial root of a Pandanus sp., magnification x30

Light Micrograph (LM) of a transverse section of a root of Conifer (Pandanus sp.), magnification x30