Family: Solanaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Toxic to animals and humans
  
• Repeatedly introduced as ornamental
  
• Bird-dispersed seeds
  
• Seeds survive gut passage
  
• Recovers from pruning/damage
  
• Suited to tropical/subtropical climates
  
• Congeneric species are weedy

Low Risk Traits:

• Not invasive or naturalized
  
• Not an environmental or agricultural weed
  
• No spines, allelopathy, or parasitism
  
• Not a fire hazard
  
• Low seed production & no persistent seed bank
  
• Not shade-tolerant
  
• Not self-compatible; requires specialist pollinators