Family: Rutaceae
High Risk Traits:
- Thrives in tropical climates
- Elevation range exceeds 1000 m
- Naturalized on Maui and Hawaii (Hawaiian Islands)
- Displays weedy characteristics in Hawaii and Australia
- Potential environmental weed
- Host of Rhizoctonia disease and Phytophthora cinnamomi
- Shade tolerant
- Tolerates a wide range of soil types
- Reproduces and spreads by wind-dispersed seeds
Low Risk Traits:
- Valued for landscaping and timber, and impacts, if any, only reported from non-native plantation settings
- Unarmed (no spines, thorns, or burrs)
- Non-toxic
- Will not spread vegetatively and does not tolerate cutting
- Reaches maturity in 8+ years
- Will not form a persistent seed bank