the Lahaina banyan tree has provided cooling shade to generations of locals and visitors beneath its massive, majestic branches and dangling vines, according to the Hawaii Tourism Authority.

Banyan trees are of highly significant importance ... The wide canopies of such plants are a sort of shelter and, therefore, ...

Most of us recognize and appreciate Banyan trees, but few of us understand their ... They are the larval host plants for the ruddy and Antillean daggerwing butterflies. These wild native fig ...

The banyan is a kind of strangler fig tree, and unlike most plants, which grow from the ground up, it thrives when it grows from the sky down. The seed catches in the branches of another tree and ...

native plants and people, said that to many, the landmark tree is not a revered icon because it was planted to honor the arrival of Protestants. The banyan was imported from India at the request ...