Family: Chrysobalanaceae
High Risk Traits:
- Thrives in tropical climates
- Shade-tolerant
- Tolerates many soil conditions (and potentially able to exploit many different habitat types)
- Fruits and seeds potentially bird and mammal-dispersed
Low Risk Traits:
- No records of naturalization or invasiveness have been documented
- Will thrive only in low elevation, warm tropical climates
- Unarmed (no spines, thorns, or burrs)
- Non-toxic
- Landscaping and ornamental value
- Slow time to reproductive maturity (10+ years)
- Large fruit and seeds unlikely to be inadvertently dispersed