Family: Araliaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Able to grow in regions with tropical climates
  
• Shade-tolerant
  
• Reproduces by seeds
  
• Seeds dispersed by birds and intentionally by people
  
• Limited ecological information may lower accuracy of risk prediction

Low Risk Traits:

• No reports of invasiveness or naturalization, but no evidence of widespread introduction outside native range
  
• Unarmed (no spines, thorns, or burrs)
  
• Ornamental and medicinal uses
  
• Not reported to spread vegetatively