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FollowThe amazing Banyan Tree in Lahaina, Maui
Visitors cool down in the shade under one of the largest banyan trees in the United States. Imported from India and planted in front of the Lahaina Courthouse a...
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Visitors cool down in the shade under one of the largest banyan trees in the United States. Imported from India and planted in front of the Lahaina Courthouse and Lahaina Harbor in 1873, this sprawling tree is the size of an entire city block and stands more than 60-feet high. Lahaina's famed banyan tree is a quarter of a mile in circumference and possesses 16 major trunks in addition to the massive original, making it the largest banyan tree not only in Hawaii but also in the United States (and one of the most massive in the world).
Lahaina’s banyan tree’s root system is, in every sense of the word, a marvel: Descending from its branches, aerial roots drape towards the ground, where they take root, thicken, and form new trunks that allow the tree to grow vertically and horizontally. To the outside observer, larger banyan trees—including Lahaina’s—appear to comprise several separate trees.
Over the years, Lahaina residents lovingly encouraged the symmetrical growth of the tree by hanging large glass jars filled with water on the aerial roots that they wanted to grow into a trunk. In time, what was once a small sapling matured into a monumental behemoth.
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Lahaina’s banyan tree’s root system is, in every sense of the word, a marvel: Descending from its branches, aerial roots drape towards the ground, where they take root, thicken, and form new trunks that allow the tree to grow vertically and horizontally. To the outside observer, larger banyan trees—including Lahaina’s—appear to comprise several separate trees.
Over the years, Lahaina residents lovingly encouraged the symmetrical growth of the tree by hanging large glass jars filled with water on the aerial roots that they wanted to grow into a trunk. In time, what was once a small sapling matured into a monumental behemoth.
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