Family: Fabaceae
High Risk Traits:
- Grows in tropical climates
- Other Millettia species are invasive
- Seeds are toxic if ingested in large numbers
- Nitrogen fixing (may modify soil chemistry)
- Reproduces by seeds
- Seeds dispersed by explosive dehiscence and intentionally by people
- Gaps in biological and ecological information may reduce accuracy of risk prediction
Low Risk Traits:
- No reports of invasiveness or naturalization, but no evidence of widespread introduction outside native range
- Unarmed (no spines, thorns, or burrs)
- Valued for timber and ornamental use in native range
- Requires full sun
- Not reported to spread vegetatively
- Seeds relatively large and unlikely to be accidentally dispersed