Family: Rutaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Wide soil tolerance
  
• Shade tolerant
  
• Produces viable seeds
  
• Self-compatible
  
• Tolerates heavy pruning
  
• Host for pests (e.g., Xanthomonas citri)
  
• Has thorns

Low Risk Traits:

• Not naturalized or weedy
  
• Limited natural dispersal (no wind/water/animal gut)
  
• No vegetative reproduction
  
• Slow maturation (7–8 years to fruit)
  
• Low seed output & no seed bank
  
• Climate-specific (needs warm subtropics)
  
• Non-toxic, non-allelopathic
  
• No thicket formation