Family: Cactaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Thrives in tropical climates
  
• Possibly naturalizing on Oahu, Hawaiian Islands (confirmation needed)
  
• Other Peniocereus species have become naturalized
  
• Spiny
  
• Seeds dispersed by birds and intentionally by people
  
• Limited ecological information makes accurate risk prediction difficult

Low Risk Traits:

• No reports of invasiveness or naturalization (with the possible exception of Oahu), but no evidence of widespread introduction outside native range
  
• Restricted to lower elevation, dry tropical climates
  
• Non-toxic
  
• Ornamental value