Family: Solanaceae
High Risk Traits:
- Elevation range exceeds 1000 m, demonstrating environmental versatility
- Thrives in tropical climates
- Naturalized in Australia, India, and the Azores (but no evidence in the Hawaiian Islands to date)
- Regarded as weedy, although impacts are unknown at this time
- Several Solanum species are invasive weeds
- Stems sometimes covered in prickles
- Reproduces by seeds
- Self-compatible
- Seeds dispersed by birds, bats & intentionally by people
- Gaps in biological and ecological information may reduce accuracy of risk prediction
Low Risk Traits:
- May require full sun or high light environments to grow
- Herbicides may provide effective control