Family: Phyllanthaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Broad climate suitability
  
• Able to grow in temperate to tropical climates
  
• Other Phyllanthus species are invasive
  
• Reproduces by seeds
  
• Fleshy-fruited, and presumably dispersed by birds and other frugivorous animals
  
• Gaps in biological and ecological information reduce confidence in risk prediction

Low Risk Traits:

• No reports of invasiveness or naturalization, but no evidence of widespread introduction outside native range
  
• Unarmed (no spines, thorns, or burrs)
  
• Valued for medicinal uses within native range