Family: Rubiaceae
High Risk Traits:
- Thrives in tropical climates
- Reproduces by seeds
- Seeds dispersed by birds, mammals and intentionally by people
- Able to resprout after cutting or hard pruning
Low Risk Traits:
- No reports of invasiveness or naturalization, but limited evidence of cultivation outside native range
- Unarmed (no spines, thorns, or burrs)
- Possibly palatable to browsing animals
- Ornamental
- Not reported to spread vegetatively
- Slow-growing, and reaches maturity in 3+ years