Family: Sapindaceae
High Risk Traits:
- Thrives in tropical climates
- Shade-tolerant
- Reproduces by seeds
- Can reach reproductive maturity in 18 months
- Seeds dispersed by birds and intentionally by people
Low Risk Traits:
- Domesticated in South America
- No reports of invasiveness or naturalization, but no evidence of widespread introduction outside native range
- Unarmed (no spines, thorns or burrs)
- Seeds used commercially for beverages
- Allogamous (reproduces by cross-pollination)
- Not reported to spread vegetatively
- Seeds are recalcitrant and lose their viability in 72 hours under normal conditions