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