Family: Fabaceae
High Risk Traits:
- Thrives in tropical climates
- Naturalized in the Florida Keys
- Poisonous
- Tolerates many soil types
- N-fixing (may alter soil chemistry)
- Reproduces by seeds
- Seed pods possibly dispersed by wind
- Gaps in the ecological information limit accuracy of risk prediction
Low Risk Traits:
- No negative impacts documented to date
- Unarmed (no spines, thorns or burrs)
- Ornamental and medicinal uses
- Not reported to spread vegetatively