Family: Clusiaceae
High Risk Traits:
- Thrives and could spread in regions with tropical climates
- Possibly naturalized in Australia (but no evidence in the Hawaiian Islands to date)
- Shade tolerant
- Tolerates many soil types
- Reproduces by seeds and possibly by root suckers
- Seeds dispersed by fruit eating animals, and through intentional cultivation
- Tolerates regular pruning and cutting
Low Risk Traits:
- No reports of invasiveness or negative impacts where cultivated
- Unarmed (no spines, thorns, or burrs)
- Edible fruit
- Reaches maturity in 7-10 years or longer
- Fruit and seeds relatively large and unlikely to be accidentally dispersed
- Seeds lose viability quickly (unlikely to form persistent seed bank)