Family: Bixaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Naturalized outside native range (e.g., Galapagos, Pacific Islands)
  
• Thrives in tropical/subtropical climates
  
• Widely introduced and cultivated
  
• Bird-dispersed seeds
  
• Persistent seed bank (>1 year)
  
• Tolerates diverse soil types
  
• Early reproduction (2 years)
  
• Requires disturbance/full sun

Low Risk Traits:

• Minor weed impact only
  
• No spines, thorns, or burrs
  
• Not allelopathic, parasitic, or toxic
  
• Not a major pest host
  
• No vegetative reproduction
  
• Not unintentionally dispersed
  
• Susceptible to herbicides