Family: Moraceae
High Risk Traits:
- Thrives in tropical climates
- Naturalized in India, but no evidence in the Hawaiian Islands to date
- Reported to be possibly invasive, but no negative impacts have been described
- Other species in the genus have become invasive, particularly in greenhouses
- Shade tolerant
- Reproduces by explosively dehisced seeds and vegetatively by rhizomes (for short distances)
- Genus reported to be autogamous, capable of producing seeds through self-pollination
Low Risk Traits:
- No negative impacts reported for this species
- Unarmed (no spines, thorns, or burrs)