Family: Melastomataceae

High Risk Traits:

• Elevation range exceeds 1000 m, demonstrating environmental versatility
  
• Thrives in tropical climates
  
• Collected and reported as naturalized on Kauai (Hawaiian Islands); current status unknown
  
• Shade-tolerant
  
• Reproduces by seeds
  
• Small seeds may facilitate dispersal
  
• Gaps in biological and ecological information limit accuracy or risk prediction

Low Risk Traits:

• No reports of invasiveness, but no evidence of widespread introduction outside native range
  
• Unarmed (no spines, thorns, or burrs)
  
• No evidence of cultivation or sale in horticultural industry (may limit risk of accidental spread)