Family: Asparagaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Thrives in tropical climates
  
• Shade-tolerant
  
• Tolerates many soil types
  
• Forms thick stands in Aldabra Atoll
  
• Fleshy-fruited. Seeds, if produced, adapted for dispersal by frugivorous animals
  
• Able to spread vegetatively
  
• Able to tolerate and resprout from pruning

Low Risk Traits:

• No reports of invasiveness or naturalization
  
• Unarmed (no spines, thorns or burrs)
  
• Palatable foliage
  
• Ornamental
  
• Slow growth rate
  
• Seed set may be low or absent in cultivation