Family: Costaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Thrives in tropical climates
  
• Naturalized on East Maui, Hawaiian Islands and Puerto Rico
  
• Shade-tolerant
  
• Forms dense stands
  
• Reproduces by seeds and vegetatively by rhizomes
  
• Seeds dispersed by birds and intentionally by people
  
• Able to coppice and resprout after cutting

Low Risk Traits:

• No reports of invasiveness or negative impacts reported to date
  
• Unarmed (no spines, thorns or burrs)
  
• Non-toxic
  
• Ornamental
  
• May require specialized pollinators (which may limit seed set)