Family: Sapindaceae
High Risk Traits:
- Broad climate suitability (multiple tropical/subtropical climates)
- History of repeated introductions outside native range
- Host for numerous pests and pathogens
- Shade tolerant at young stage
- Wide soil tolerance (clay, loam, sand, acidic to slightly alkaline)
- Produces viable seed
- Self-compatible (self-fruitful)
- Deliberate spread by people (fruit, timber)
- Seeds dispersed as produce contaminant (discarded after eating)
- Tolerates pruning/mutilation
Low Risk Traits:
- No evidence of naturalization
- No spines, thorns, or burrs
- No allelopathic or parasitic traits
- Not toxic to animals or humans
- No fire hazard
- Does not form dense thickets
- No vegetative spread
- No persistent seed bank (seeds viable only days to weeks)
