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

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

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 ...