Family: Clusiaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Naturalized in Hawaiian Islands
  
• Thrives in tropical climates
  
• Spreads into unwanted areas and has the potential to become an environmental weed
  
• Sap and fruit are toxic
  
• Shade-tolerant
  
• Tolerates many soil conditions (and potentially able to exploit many different habitat types)
  
• Epiphytic strangler (may kill tree on which is grows)
  
• Can form dense thickets
  
• Apomictic
  
• Seeds dispersed by birds, and planted intentionally by people

Low Risk Traits:

• Palatable to goats
  
• Unarmed (no spines, thorns or burrs)
  
• Slow growing
  
• Landscaping and ornamental value