Family: Fabaceae
High Risk Traits:
- Naturalized on Hawaii island
- Thrives in tropical climates
- Broad elevation range (cultivated from 40-2800 m in South America)
- Tolerates many soil conditions (and potentially able to exploit many different habitat types)
- Seeds dispersed by birds, mammals and people
- Able to coppice and resprout after cutting
Low Risk Traits:
- Despite ability to spread, no negative impacts have been documented to date
- Unarmed
- Fodder tree
- Non-toxic
- Prized for the sweet edible aril that surrounds the naked, fleshy seeds
- Landscaping and ornamental value
- Shade-intolerant
- Self-incompatible
- Will not spread vegetatively
- Sees lose viability quickly and trees will therefore not form a seed bank