Family: Sapotaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Thrives in tropical climates
  
• Widely naturalized in the tropics (but no evidence to date in the Hawaiian Islands)
  
• Other Chrysophyllum species have become invasive
  
• Seeds reported to be toxic
  
• Tolerates many soil types
  
• Reproduces by seeds
  
• Self-fertile
  
• Seeds dispersed by animals (bats and ground-dwelling frugivorous mammals) and intentionally by people
  
• Tolerates pruning and resprouts after cutting

Low Risk Traits:

• Unarmed (no spines, thorns, or burrs)
  
• Useful as a shade and fruit tree
  
• Prefers full sun (may limit ability to spread into intact forests)
  
• Not reported to spread vegetatively
  
• Reaches maturity in 3+ years
  
• Fruit and seeds relatively large, limiting ability for long distance dispersal