Family: Aristolochiaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Broad climate suitability, Elevation range exceeds 1000 m, demonstrating environmental versatility
  
• Thrives in tropical climates
  
• Widely naturalized (but no evidence from Hawaiian Islands to date)
  
• A weedy vine with potential impacts to agriculture and the natural environment
  
• Other Aristolochia species are invasive weeds
  
• Medicinal, and potentially toxic, properties
  
• Shade-tolerant
  
• Climbing and potentially smothering habit
  
• Reproduces by seeds
  
• Seeds dispersed by wind and intentionally by people

Low Risk Traits:

• Cultivated, but not naturalized or invasive in Hawaiian Islands to date
  
• Unarmed (no spines, thorns, or burrs)
  
• Ornamental