Family: Convolvulaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Naturalized outside native range (e.g., Jamaica)
  
• Widely introduced intentionally as an ornamental
  
• Congeneric weeds exist (other Ipomoea are noxious)
  
• Host for sweet potato weevil (agricultural pest)
  
• Climbing, smothering growth habit (to 10 m)
  
• Forms tubers that sucker when damaged
  
• Produces viable seed (with seed bank persistence)
  
• Tolerates mutilation (resprouts from tuber)

Low Risk Traits:

• No weed status documented
  
• Narrow climate suitability (tropical only, full sun)
  
• No spines, thorns, burrs, or toxic/allelopathic properties
  
• Not shade-tolerant
  
• Low seed production (few seeds, infrequent fruiting in cultivation)
  
• No specialized dispersal (not wind, water, bird, or animal-external)
  
• Slow to mature (2–3 years to reach moderate size)