Family: Fabaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Can grow in tropical and subtropical climates
  
• Other Elephantorrhiza species are regarded as weeds
  
• N-fixing (may alter soil chemistry)
  
• Reproduces by seeds
  
• Seeds dispersed by gravity and intentionally by people
  
• Hard seeds may form a persistent seed bank
  
• Limited ecological information limits 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)
  
• Provides fodder for livestock
  
• Not reported to spread vegetatively
  
• Relatively large pods and seeds may limit risk of accidental or long-distance dispersal