Family: Clusiaceae
High Risk Traits:
- Thrives in tropical climates
- Other Clusia species have become invasive
- Toxic and skin irritant
- Shade tolerant (could establish in intact forest)
- Reproduces by seeds
- Seeds dispersed by birds and intentionally by people
- Limited ecological information may reduce accuracy of risk prediction
Low Risk Traits:
- No reports of invasiveness or naturalization, but limited evidence of widespread introduction outside native range
- Unarmed (no spines, thorns, or burrs)
- Ornamental
- Dioecious
- Not reported to spread vegetatively