Balete can refer to:

• The modern name for the baMalete, a Southern African Bantu tribe. Bamalete, or baMalete, is the traditional name of a Southern African Bantu tribe that tends to prefer the modern name Balete In Botswana
• The Banyan Tree, locally known as 'Balite' or 'Balete' in the Philippines and closely associated with the spirit world according to a number of Philippine Myths, or any species of Ficus in general
• Balete, Aklan, a municipality in the Philippines. A banyan is a fig that starts its life as an Epiphyte when its Seeds germinate in the cracks and crevices on a host Tree (or on structures like Ficus is a Genus of about 850 Species of woody Trees Shrubs Vines Epiphytes and hemi-epiphytes in the family Balete is a 4th class municipality in the province of Aklan, Philippines.

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