Family: Moringaceae
High Risk Traits:
- Grows in tropical climates
- Other Moringa species have weedy traits and tendencies
- Unconfirmed reports of toxicity from native range
- Reproduces by seeds
- Rapid growth rate
- Reaches maturity in 3+ years
- Seeds possibly dispersed by wind, gravity and intentionally by people
- Known only from cultivation, so ecological information from the wild is lacking
- Limited ecological information may limit 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)
- Provides fodder for livestock
- Medicinal uses
- Light demanding
- Not reported to spread vegetatively