Family: Rutaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Broad climate adaptability (tropical/subtropical, cold/drought tolerant)
  
• Widely introduced and cultivated
  
• Spiny branches
  
• Host for pests/pathogens
  
• Hybridizes naturally
  
• Self-compatible/apomictic varieties
  
• Seeds intentionally spread by humans
  
• Seeds discarded as fruit waste

Low Risk Traits:

• Not naturalized beyond cultivation
  
• No reported weediness
  
• Non-toxic and non-parasitic
  
• Does not form thickets
  
• Requires full sun (shade intolerant)
  
• Low seed production; no persistent seed bank
  
• No vegetative reproduction
  
• Not wind/water dispersed
  
• Limited evidence of bird dispersal