Family: Moraceae

High Risk Traits:

• Elevation range exceeds 1000 m, demonstrating environmental versatility
  
• Naturalized in locations with tropical climates
  
• Widely naturalized (including Oahu and possibly Hawaii Island)
  
• Lawn, garden and disturbance weed
  
• Horticultural weed of nurseries and potted plants
  
• Shade-tolerant
  
• Tolerates many soil types
  
• Reproduces by seeds
  
• Quickly reaches maturity
  
• Seeds dispersed by explosive dehiscence and accidentally as a contaminant of soil and media in nurseries and potted plants
  
• Prolific seed production (densities unspecified)

Low Risk Traits:

• Not reported as a weed of crops or natural environment
  
• Unarmed (no spines, thorns, or burrs)
  
• Ornamental
  
• Not reported to spread vegetatively
  
• Herbicides provide effective control
  
• Mechanical control methods can be effective