Family: Pandanaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Thrives in tropical climates
  
• Reported to have pointed, spiny leaves
  
• Shade-tolerant
  
• Climbing habit (could potentially smother other plants)
  
• Reproduces by seeds, and vegetatively by suckers
  
• Seeds, if produced, dispersed by birds, bats, or other frugivorous animals
  
• Limited ecological information reduces accuracy of risk prediction

Low Risk Traits:

• No reports of invasiveness or naturalization
  
• Non-toxic
  
• Ornamental
  
• Dioecious
  
• Long time to reproductive maturity (exact age unknown, but anecdotally make take 15 years or longer)