The BCI "Big tree" had a world-record average crown diameter of 61.3 m. This tree is illustrated on the cover of <i>The First 100 Years of Research on Barro Colorado Island: Plant and Ecosystem Science</i>.

The Árbol Gigante (_Ceiba pentandra_) on Barro Colorado Island is the only single-trunked tree known to have an average crown diameter greater than 61 m. Robert Van Pelt recorded a height of 49.7 m, a 15-m diameter buttressed base, and an average crown diameter of 61.3 m in 1997. The 2009 LiDAR overflight provided here captures the shape of the upper crown and the suppression of surrounding trees. Robert Van Pelt created an orthographic illustration of this tree for the cover of _The First 100 Years of Research on Barro Colorado Island: Plant and Ecosystem Science_ edited by Helene C. Muller-Landau and S. Joseph Wright. The Árbol Gigante collapsed and died in 2013.巴拿马巴罗科罗拉多岛的巨树（Árbol Gigante），学名吉贝（Ceiba pentandra），是目前已知唯一一株平均冠幅超过61米的单干乔木。1997年，罗伯特·范佩尔特（Robert Van Pelt）对其开展测量，测得树高49.7米，板根基部直径达15米，平均冠幅为61.3米。本次提供的2009年激光雷达（LiDAR）航拍数据，清晰捕捉到该树冠上部的形态，以及周边林木受其遮蔽而生长受抑的状态。罗伯特·范佩尔特还曾为海伦·C·穆勒-兰道（Helene C. Muller-Landau）与S·约瑟夫·赖特（S. Joseph Wright）主编的《巴罗科罗拉多岛百年研究：植物与生态系统科学》绘制了该树的正射投影插画作为封面。该巨树最终于2013年倒伏枯死。