The Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources posted a video showing bright green leaves against the rest of the badly charred tree.
Justin Sullivan / Getty Images fileLahaina’s historic banyan tree has sprouted its first leaves since being badly burned in last month’s deadly wildfires in Maui, an encouraging sign for local arborists and residents who see the tree as a “symbol of hope.”posted a video to its social media, showing bright green leaves standing out against charred branches. The department wrote that arborists volunteering to save the 150-year-old tree are encouraged by these early signs of its recovery.
“To me, [the banyan tree] is a symbol of hope. We’re taking it to heart to try to bring back the tree to give some hope to Lahaina,” Chris Imonti, a Maui local and volunteer landscape contractor working to restore the tree, said last month in a video on the recovery effort. “We don’t know what’s down the line but I think it’s going to be a new beginning for everybody.
The banyan tree was just 8-feet tall when it was planted in 1873. It was a gift shipped from India to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first Protestant mission in Lahaina and was planted 71 years after King Kamehameha
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