Family: Fabaceae
High Risk Traits:
- Grows, and could potentially spread, in regions with tropical climates
- Tolerates many soil types
- Nitrogen fixing; potential to modify soil chemistry and nutrients
- Reproduces by seeds
- Produces suckers
- Seeds intentionally dispersed by people and possibly by water
Low Risk Traits:
- No reports of invasiveness or naturalization
- Unarmed (no spines, thorns, or burrs)
- Provides fodder for livestock
- Non-toxic
- Grows in full sun (may limit ability to spread into intact forest)
- Reaches maturity in 7+ years
- Relatively large pods and seeds unlikely to be accidentally dispersed