Banyan tree in Lahaina, Banyan tree in Lahaina, United States

The Lahaina Banyan Tree is a Ficus benghalensis, known in Hawaiian as paniana, standing in Lahaina Banyan Court Park on Maui. Its grey-brown trunk splits low into twisting limbs, and aerial roots hang in curtain-like clusters, rooting into 16 major trunks apart from the main one. The canopy covers about 0.66 acres (0.27 ha).

The tree was a gift from missionaries in India and was planted on 24 April 1873 by William Owen Smith, then sheriff of Lahaina, to mark the 50th anniversary of the first American Protestant mission's arrival in Maui. The mission had been invited by Queen Keōpūolani, wife of King Kamehameha. From 8 feet (2.4 m) at planting it grew to about 60 feet with 16 major trunks besides the main one.

The Hawaiian name paniana comes from the species Ficus benghalensis, a banyan brought from India. Under the canopy, Aloha Festivals Week has been held, and vendors shaded stalls there on roughly 36 weekends a year. At sunset birds flew in noisily to choose branches for the night.

The tree stands in Lahaina Banyan Court Park near the harbor, but the park has stayed closed to the public since the August 2023 wildfires; officials pushed reopening to at least 2028. Stepping stones at the base were removed so water and nutrients could reach the soil, and fifteen solar-powered sensors now monitor the tree.

The descending roots anchor into the ground and become new trunks, so a single tree looks like a small forest. More than a thousand people could fit beneath the leaf cover if they stood close together.