In the town of Lahaina on the western coast of Maui, a seedling banyan tree was planted in 1873 to memorialize the 50th anniversary of the first American Protestant Mission in Lahaina. At the time the tree was approximately 8 feet tall. By 2005, the tree had grown to nearly 50 feet tall, with 19 trunks, and a total circumference of nearly a quarter of a mile.
Banyan trees are native to India and completely foreign to me. Unlike trees from the mainland of the United Stats, banyan trees grow and expand by dropping multiple trunks and interconnecting them with a gigantic canopy that is home to flocks of birds. These birds make their presence known when anyone walks around under the canopy.
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