Family: Zygophyllaceae
High Risk Traits:
- Grows in tropical climates
- Tolerates many soil types
- Reproduces by seeds
- Self-compatible
- Seeds dispersed by wind and intentionally by people
- Tolerates repeated pruning (possibly indicating that mechanical control, if needed, would not be effective without herbicide applications)
Low Risk Traits:
- No reports of invasiveness or naturalization, but no evidence of widespread introduction outside native range
- Unarmed (no spines, thorns, or burrs)
- Provides fodder for goats and other livestock
- Shade-intolerant
- Does not hybridize
- Not reported to spread vegetatively
- Long time to reproductive maturity (7-13 years)