Family: Arecaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Thrives in tropical climates
  
• Can grow from sea level to 1400 m elevation within native range
  
• Shade-tolerant (potential to establish in intact forest understory)
  
• Thicket-forming
  
• Fleshy fruit adapted for bird dispersal

Low Risk Traits:

• No records of naturalization or invasiveness elsewhere
  
• Unarmed
  
• Non-toxic
  
• Landscaping and ornamental value