A 150-year-old Banyan tree imported from India and one of many largest within the US is right this moment struggling for its survival as lethal wildfires swept by way of the Hawaiian island of Maui, scorching buildings and killing more than 50 people.

The 46-trunk Banyan tree, referred to as paniana in Hawaiian, was a mere 8-foot sapling when it was planted in Maui’s Lahaina city in 1873, in response to the web portal lahainatown.com.

The cause for its harvest was the fiftieth anniversary of the primary American protestant missionary in Lahaina — a monumental occasion that without end altered Lahaina’s trajectory, it states.

Imported from India and planted in entrance of the Lahaina Courthouse and Lahaina Harbour on 1873, this sprawling tree — one of many largest banyan timber within the United States — alongside Front Street is the dimensions of a complete metropolis block and stands greater than 60 ft excessive, on-line portal gohawaii.com states.

According to a CNN information report, there was widespread destruction within the historic city of Lahaina. Anything within the city centre is simply fully devastated. The fires have left little to no vegetation on the dear and sprawling banyan tree.

The banyan tree celebrated its a hundred and fiftieth birthday in April this 12 months.

While its situation is unclear, photos recommend that the tree has been burned however stays standing. The city’s web site advised the tree would recuperate, saying that “if the roots are healthy, it will likely grow back”.

“I tend to believe it’ll be fine. It’s really very hard to kill a banyan tree,” Theo Morrison, the manager director of the Lahaina Restoration Foundation, advised the BBC.

“I would be very surprised if it wasn’t fine,” she stated.

A significant landmark in Lahaina, the tree has supplied cooling shade to generations of locals and guests beneath its huge, sweepy branches and dangling vines, in response to the Hawaii Tourism Authority.

Events and artwork reveals typically have been held below its boughs.

The tree has 46 main trunks along with its huge unique one and shades almost two-thirds of an acre, in response to the Lahaina Restoration Foundation.

Its well being and form are maintained by the Maui County Arborist Committee, the CNN report stated.

The devastating wildfires in Maui have to this point claimed a minimum of 55 lives. Thousands of individuals stay displaced.