How Lahaina's more than 150-year-old banyan tree is coming back to life after devastating fire
7 months, 2 weeks ago

How Lahaina's more than 150-year-old banyan tree is coming back to life after devastating fire

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy 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. “As we’ve been treating the tree, the heart beat's getting stronger and stronger and stronger.” Sparkman said there are also plans to install vertical tubes to help the tree's aerial roots, which appear to be vertical branches that grow down toward the ground. The goal, Sparkman said, is to help those aerial roots “bulk up and become the next stabilizer root.” The system will also irrigate the surrounding land and the tree's canopy. “You see a lot of long, long branches with hundreds of leaves back on the tree,” Sparkman said, adding that some branches are even producing fruit.

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How Lahaina’s more than 150-year-old banyan tree is coming back to life after devastating fire
7 months, 2 weeks ago

How Lahaina’s more than 150-year-old banyan tree is coming back to life after devastating fire

Associated Press  

LAHAINA, Hawaii — 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. With the historic banyan tree in the background, President Joe Biden speaks after touring areas devastated by a wildfire on Aug. 21, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii. The historic Lahaina banyan tree …

In Andhra Pradesh's Thirumala Village, This 100-year-old Banyan Tree Still Stands Tall
8 months, 1 week ago

In Andhra Pradesh's Thirumala Village, This 100-year-old Banyan Tree Still Stands Tall

News 18  

We often hear about Banyan trees that are more than 100 years old. Let us know more about this tree in detail: In this article, we are talking about the village named Thirumala village of Indalwai mandal, Nizamabad district. There is a banyan tree just in front of a temple named Ellamma Temple, holding a history of more than 100 …

SoBo sees 2 banyan tree collapse deaths in 2 days
8 months, 3 weeks ago

SoBo sees 2 banyan tree collapse deaths in 2 days

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: A day after a man lost his life after a banyan tree collapsed on him in Worli, a woman became the second casualty when a branch of yet another banyan tree fell on her near the Parel ST depot on Tuesday. “We have informed her sister about her death.” A civic official from the BMC’s G South ward’s garden …

Mourning the catastrophic loss of Hawaiian culture and history in Lahaina
1 year, 7 months ago

Mourning the catastrophic loss of Hawaiian culture and history in Lahaina

LA Times  

An iconic banyan tree stands among the rubble of burned buildings Thursday, days after a catastrophic wildfire swept through Lahaina, Maui. Like no other place in the archipelago, old Lahaina connected the modern era of tourism to Hawaii’s deeper, more textured past — both independent and colonial — an old wooden seaport that was once capital of a kingdom, next …

Will the banyan tree survive? Lahaina’s historic 150-year-old banyan tree hit by wildfire
1 year, 7 months ago

Will the banyan tree survive? Lahaina’s historic 150-year-old banyan tree hit by wildfire

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy For generations, the banyan …

Scorched by Maui wildfire, historic Lahaina banyan tree appears still standing
1 year, 7 months ago

Scorched by Maui wildfire, historic Lahaina banyan tree appears still standing

NPR  

Scorched by Maui wildfire, historic Lahaina banyan tree appears still standing Enlarge this image toggle caption Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images For 150 years, an enormous banyan tree has stood at the center of the Maui town of Lahaina. "It's been the center of community life in many ways, for tree lighting during …

Lahaina’s historic 150-year-old banyan tree was badly scorched by wildfires, but it’s still standing
1 year, 7 months ago

Lahaina’s historic 150-year-old banyan tree was badly scorched by wildfires, but it’s still standing

CNN  

CNN — It was once filled with bright green leaves and sweeping branches that covered its visitors with shade. Now, Lahaina’s historic 150-year-old banyan tree has been charred by the wildfires and is dull in color – but still alive. “Banyan Tree in Lahaina smoldering at the base, but still standing,” Hawaii Sen. Brian Schatz wrote accompanying a video he …

A historic banyan tree burned in Maui’s wildfires still stands, but can it survive?
1 year, 7 months ago

A historic banyan tree burned in Maui’s wildfires still stands, but can it survive?

LA Times  

The massive banyan tree in downtown Lahaina, shown in February 2018, may be facing its final days. “A tree that’s gone through a fire that has even partial viable material can survive,” Flook said. The old Lahaina Courthouse, adjacent to the tree in Banyan Tree Park, is “just an empty box now,” Flook said. As with many of the islands’ …

Ring by ring, majestic banyan tree in heart of fire-scorched Lahaina chronicles 150 years of history
1 year, 7 months ago

Ring by ring, majestic banyan tree in heart of fire-scorched Lahaina chronicles 150 years of history

Associated Press  

For generations, the banyan tree along Lahaina town’s historic Front Street served as a gathering place, its leafy branches unfurling majestically to give shade from the Hawaiian sun. It shaded townsfolk and tourists alike from the Hawaiian sun, befitting for a place once called “Lele,” the Hawaiian word for “relentless sun.” Ring by ring, the tree has captured history. “There …

A giant banyan tree in a beach town where kings were born
8 years, 3 months ago

A giant banyan tree in a beach town where kings were born

Associated Press  

LAHAINA, Hawaii — The beach town of Lahaina in western Maui was once the capital of the Hawaiian Kingdom, a place where kings were born. Though it transformed into a mostly tourist area in the 1960s, much of Lahaina’s history can still be found sprinkled around town — including in the roots of a giant banyan tree. “There’s just a …

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