Family: Melastomataceae

High Risk Traits:

• Grows in tropical climates
  
• Other Medinilla species have become invasive
  
• Fleshy fruits presumably dispersed by birds and other frugivorous animals
  
• Lack of basic biological and ecological information makes accurate risk prediction difficult

Low Risk Traits:

• No reports of naturalization or invasiveness to date (possibly due to relative rarity in cultivation)
  
• Unarmed (no spines, thorns or burrs)
  
• Non-toxic
  
• Ornamental with show inflorescence