Banyan gained common usage when European explorers in the 17th century saw merchants and traders gathered under the branches of Ficus benghalensis, since that tree had spread throughout Asia and ...

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 ...

This living giant, a banyan tree or Ficus Benghalensis, isn't just any botanical marvel. It's a colossal green beast that ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...