Family: Lythraceae
High Risk Traits:
- Adapted to a wide range of environmental conditions
- Naturalized in several locations
- Older plants with spine tipped branchlets
- Allergenic pollen
- Tolerates many soil conditions (and potentially able to exploit many different habitat types)
- Birds feed on the fruits and probably disperse the seeds
- Able to coppice resprout
Low Risk Traits:
- Grown for the cosmetic dye henna
- Ornamental value
- Slow growth rate (Reaches maturity in 5 or more years)
- Palatable to cattle and other ungulates