Banyans usually grow on hardwood hammocks. They are considered a keystone species, essential to the hardwood tropical ...

The 151-year-old banyan tree, once 60 feet high and spanning ... “Some of the new growth has even started to fruit. It puts ...

But with some help, other parts of the banyan tree grew back — and some places are even growing fruit. “You see a lot of long ...

The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo Maui County arborist Timothy Griffith snaps a photo of a papaya tree growing beneath Lahaina’s banyan Wednesday. Griffth said he hopes to test fruit from the ...

banyan, ficus aurea, is another name for strangler ... These wild native fig trees produce tremendous amounts of fruit, which are a key food source for birds and mammals. Ficus aurea are ...