Family: Arecaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Naturalized in tropical Pacific Islands (but extinct in the wild)
  
• Thrives in tropical climates
  
• Shade-tolerant
  
• Seeds dispersed by water and intentionally by people

Low Risk Traits:

• No reports of invasiveness (but no evidence of widespread introduction outside native range)
  
• Unarmed (no spines, thorns or burrs)
  
• Palatable to grazing animals (contributes to endangerment)
  
• Ornamental
  
• Not reported to spread vegetatively
  
• Long time to reproductive maturity (10+ years)
  
• Large fruit and seeds unlikely to be inadvertently dispersed, or dispersed over long distances