Family: Fabaceae
High Risk Traits:
- Thrives in tropical climates
- Related species have become invasive
- Shade-tolerant
- Climbing vine may smother other vegetation
- Fruits usually clothed with stinging hairs
- Tolerates repeated pruning
- Lack of good information on ecology of seed dispersal makes accurate risk prediction difficult
Low Risk Traits:
- No reports of naturalization or invasiveness elsewhere
- Unarmed (no spines, thorns or burrs)
- Landscaping and ornamental value
- May require specialized pollinators to produce seed (may limit seed set in cultivation)