Family: Rubiaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Intentionally dispersed by people (seed trade)
  
• Propagules survive gut passage (and could be dispersed by animals)

Low Risk Traits:

• No evidence of naturalization
  
• Not a weed (agricultural, environmental, or horticultural)
  
• No spines, thorns, or burrs
  
• Non-toxic, non-allergenic, non-allelopathic
  
• Not shade tolerant (requires full sun)
  
• No smothering growth habit (shrub/small tree)
  
• Does not form dense thickets
  
• No vegetative reproduction
  
• Low seed production (fruit infrequent in cultivation