Family: Malvaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Thrives in tropical/subtropical climates
  
• Has spines on younger trees
  
• Allelopathic (inhibits other plants)
  
• Tolerates a wide range of soils
  
• Produces viable, wind-dispersed seeds
  
• Can reproduce via self-pollination and vegetative fragmentation
  
• Fire-resistant and can coppice

Low Risk Traits:

• Not reported as a weed
  
• Palatable to livestock
  
• Does not create fire hazards
  
• Requires full sun (shade-intolerant)
  
• Does not form dense thickets
  
• No persistent soil seed bank
  
• Seed production is not prolific