Family: Phyllanthaceae
High Risk Traits:
- High tropical/subtropical climate suitability
- Tolerates disturbance; suckers readily
- Shade tolerant at some life stages
- Widely cultivated (intentional dispersal)
- Reported as naturalized in Maui and Hawai'i
Low Risk Traits:
- Not reported as a weed in its introduced range (despite naturalization)
- No spines, toxins, or allelopathy
- Low seed production (<1000/m²)
- Does not reproduce by fragmentation
