Nestled within the Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden in Shibpur, Howrah, near the bustling city of Kolkata, ...

Banyan Fig. Banyan fig (Ficus retusa) is technically a tree, but you can't make a list of bonsai plants without also including a ficus to bring nature into your home.

Lahaina’s Ficus benghalensis, or banyan fig, burst into flames in a massive wildfire that killed more than 90 people and turned hundreds of buildings into char. It’s too soon to know whether ...

The tree, a Ficus benghalensis, or banyan fig, was just eight feet tall when it was planted in 1873 to commemorate a Protestant mission to Lahaina a half-century earlier.

Most of us recognize and appreciate Banyan trees, but few of us understand their importance to our environment. banyan, ficus aurea, is another name for strangler fig or golden fig and is one of ...

Banyan trees, or Ficus benghalensis, can survive for centuries and spread indefinitely due to their unique aerial roots that act as secondary trunks, providing strength and stability. They thrive ...

The banyan is a kind of strangler fig tree, and unlike most plants, which grow from the ground up, it thrives when it grows from the sky down.

The wildfire has so far consumed much of Lahaina’s Front Street, home to restaurants, bars, stores and the banyan tree – a fig tree with aerial roots that grow out of branches and eventually ...

Wednesday, authorities confirmed the tornado felled 22 of the historic ficus trees lining Bridge Road's Banyan Tree tunnel. The rush to save them is underway, and it's a big deal.

Banyan gained common usage when European explorers in the 17th century saw merchants and traders gathered under the branches of Ficus benghalensis, since that tree had spread throughout Asia and ...

Lahaina Banyan Court Park is home to a famous banyan fig tree that was imported from India and planted in 1873. The tree was threatened by the fires and suffered damage to trunks and limbs but ...