Family: Rutaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Elevation range exceeds 1000 m, demonstrating environmental versatility
  
• Thrives in tropical climates
  
• Naturalized in Australia, Fiji and possibly elsewhere
  
• Weedy in gardens and cultivated landscapes
  
• Other Murraya species have become invasiave
  
• Potentially allelopathic
  
• Seeds reported to be toxic
  
• Shade-tolerant
  
• Tolerates many soil types
  
• Reproduces by seeds and root suckers
  
• Seeds dispersed by birds and intentionally by people
  
• Tolerates and resprouts after regular pruning

Low Risk Traits:

• Widely cultivated source of flavoring for curries and chutneys
  
• Unarmed (no spines, thorns or burrs)
  
• Palatable to grazing animals
  
• Ornamental
  
• Seeds reported to quickly lose viability
  
• Herbicides may provide effective control