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The Lahaina Banyan Tree is a banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis; known in Hawaiian as paniana) in Maui, Hawaii, United States.A gift from missionaries in India, the tree was planted in Lahaina on April 24, 1873, to mark the 50th anniversary of the arrival of first American Protestant mission.
A large banyan tree in the heart of Old Lahaina that was badly scorched by the fires that ransacked Maui appears to have emerged from the flames still standing.
The banyan tree is the oldest living one on Maui but is not a species indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands. When a deadly wildfire tore through Lahaina on Maui last August, the wall of flames ...
Lahaina Banyan Court Park is located in the port of Lahaina town on the west side of the Hawaiian island of Maui. [8] The park square comprises 1.94 acres (0.79 ha) on the site of the old Lahaina Fort, directly across the street from the Lahaina small boat harbor.
One set of before-and-after images shows the lush area home to a huge banyan tree at the heart of the oceanside community reduced to a landscape of gray and black, the tree's limbs scorched. Maui ...
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The beloved tree, which has stood at the centre of the historic town of Lahaina for more than 150 years, was left scorched and charred beyond recognition, images showing its blackened branches and ...
The Banyan Court Park featured was the largest banyan tree in the United States, reaching 60 ft (18m) in height with 46 ancillary trunks covering an area of 1.94 acres (0.78 hectares). [55] The 1831 fort retained reconstructed remains of its 20-foot (6.1 m) walls and original cannons.