Family: Malvaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Thrives in tropical climates
  
• Shade-tolerant
  
• Tolerates many soil conditions (and potentially able to exploit many different habitat types)
  
• Self-compatible (self-fertile)
  
• Viable seeds dispersed by mammals (possibly pigs, rodents and mongoose in Hawaiian Islands)

Low Risk Traits:

• No evidence of naturalization or negative impacts have been documented
  
• Unarmed (no spines, thorns or burrs)
  
• Non-toxic
  
• Landscaping and ornamental value
  
• Edible Fruit
  
• Relatively long time to reproductive maturity (5+ years)
  
• Large fruits and seeds unlikely to be inadvertently dispersed
  
• Seeds recalcitrant, lose viability quickly and not likely to form a persistent seed bank