Family: Solanaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Broad tropical/subtropical climate suitability
  
• Naturalized and invasive in multiple regions
  
• Forms dense thickets that shade out native plants
  
• Toxic to animals and humans
  
• Shade tolerant
  
• Bird- and water-dispersed seeds
  
• Resprouts after cutting or damage
  
• Self-compatible with high seed viability
  
• Repeatedly introduced as an ornamental
  
• Related (Cestrum) species are known weeds
  
• Invades disturbed areas, trailsides, and forest gaps

Low Risk Traits:

• No spines, thorns, or burrs
  
• Not wind-dispersed
  
• Controllable with herbicides
  
• Not a major agricultural weed