Family: Fabaceae
High Risk Traits:
- Thrives in tropical climates
- Naturalized on Kauai, Oahu, Maui and Hawaii island
- Reported as a weed of unspecified impacts
- Other Canavalia species are invasive
- Reproduces by seeds
- Seeds dispersed by water and intentionally by people
- Missing information on important aspects of this plants reproductive biology limit the accuracy of the risk prediction
Low Risk Traits:
- Despite naturalization and weediness, no confirmed reports of negative impacts were found
- Unarmed (no spines, thorns, or burrs)
- Ornamental
- Distribution appears to be limited to coastal habitats with high light levels and sandy, well-drained soils
- Aside from water and intentional cultivation, large seeds unlikely to be accidentally dispersed