This living giant, a banyan tree or Ficus Benghalensis, isn't just any botanical marvel. It's a colossal green beast that commands the awe of visitors more than the garden's vast collection of ...

The tree, a Ficus benghalensis, or banyan fig, was just eight feet tall when it was planted in 1873 to commemorate a Protestant mission to Lahaina a half-century earlier. Years of careful tending ...

banyan, ficus aurea, is another name for strangler ... sticky seeds that lodge in the branches or crevasses of another tree. The young plant puts out long aerial roots which eventually reach ...

The bristlecone pines are the oldest single living organisms known. The banyan tree or Ficus benghalensis is known for its massive spreading trunk and root system. It is also a member of the ...

The banyan tree is a type of strangler fig ... It has made fig plants (Ficus) the most diverse plant genus in the tropics. There are more than 800 fig species, and most have one main species ...

LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — When a deadly wildfire tore through Lahaina on Maui last August, the wall of flames scorched the 151-year-old banyan tree along the historic town’s Front Street.

When a deadly wildfire tore through Lahaina on Maui last August, the wall of flames scorched the 151-year-old banyan tree along the historic town's Front Street. But the sprawling tree survived ...

One year ago, wildfires devastated the historic Maui town of Lahaina, once the royal capital of Hawaii, leaving one of its most iconic symbols, a more than 150-year-old banyan tree, battered ...

Lord Krishna is believed to have rested under a banyan tree during his childhood, and the tree is also considered a representation of the divine trinity Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva. Ficus religiosa ...

Wednesday, authorities confirmed the tornado felled 22 of the historic ficus trees lining Bridge Road's Banyan Tree tunnel. The rush to save them is underway, and it's a big deal. "It's very sad ...