Family: Fabaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Prolific seed production, with seeds contained in long, durable pods
  
• Hard seed coat, allowing seeds to remain viable for long periods
  
• Primarily seed-dispersed, including dispersal by gravity, water, and human movement of pods
  
• Widely cultivated ornamental, increasing propagule pressure
  
• Naturalized in parts of the tropics and subtropics outside its native range
  
• Tolerant of a range of soil types and seasonal drought once established
  
• Fast juvenile growth, allowing quick establishment in favorable conditions

Low Risk Traits:

• No thorns, spines, or burrs, reducing risks to people and animals
  
• Not known to form dense monocultures that completely exclude native vegetation
  
• Limited evidence of major ecological impacts in Hawaiʻi to date
  
• Requires warm climates, limiting spread into cooler or high-elevation areas
  
• Generally dependent on human planting for long-distance dispersal
  
• Not aggressive in intact native forests, typically confined to disturbed or landscaped areas