“It might have reserves that the tree can pull out.” Wireless electronic sensors monitoring the banyan’s movement of water and nutrients from roots to limbs have been transmitting ...

AP Photo/Rick Bowmer There is a silver lining emerging from the destruction left by the devastating Maui wildfires: a historic banyan tree ... and absorbing water. "It's like a burn victim ...

Banyan trees are of highly significant importance in Hindu mythology. Indian culture considers banyan trees one of the most sacred objects as they signify the highest levels of spiritual values.