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  2. Strangler fig - Wikipedia

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    Their seeds, often bird-dispersed, germinate in crevices atop other trees. These seedlings grow their roots downward and envelop the host tree while also growing upward to reach into the sunlight zone above the canopy. [2] [3] An original support tree can sometimes die, so that the strangler fig becomes a "columnar tree" with a hollow central ...

  3. Banyan - Wikipedia

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    A banyan, also spelled banian (/ ˈ b æ n j ən / BAN-yən), [1] is a fig that develops accessory trunks from adjacent prop roots, allowing the tree to spread outwards indefinitely. [2] This distinguishes banyans from other trees with a strangler habit that begin life as an epiphyte , [ 3 ] i.e. a plant that grows on another plant, when its ...

  4. How Lahaina's more than 150-year-old banyan tree is coming ...

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    The banyan tree is the oldest living one on Maui but is not a species indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands. How Lahaina's more than 150-year-old banyan tree is coming back to life after devastating fire

  5. Lahaina banyan tree emerges as charred but still standing in ...

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    The banyan tree was just an 8-feet sapling when it was planted in 1873 as a gift shipped from India, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the first Protestant mission in Lahaina, which at the ...

  6. How Lahaina's more than 150-year-old banyan tree is coming ...

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    How Lahaina's more than 150-year-old banyan tree is coming back to life after devastating fire By CLAIRE RUSH and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — 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.

  7. Ficus superba - Wikipedia

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    Ficus superba, [1] also known as sea fig or deciduous fig, is a hemiepiphytic tree of genus Ficus. It is one of the species known as banyans or "strangler figs" because of its potential to grow as a hemi-epiphyte and eventually progress to the strangling habit of species in this subgenus. It is, however, not an obligate hemi-epiphyte and can be ...

  8. Ring by ring, majestic banyan tree in heart of fire-scorched ...

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    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. Like the ...

  9. Aerial root - Wikipedia

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    Banyan trees are an example of a strangler fig that begins life as an epiphyte in the crown of another tree. Their roots grow down and around the stem of the host, their growth accelerating once the ground has been reached. Over time, the roots coalesce to form a pseudotrunk, which may give the appearance that it is strangling the host.