Family: Sapotaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Native to tropical/subtropical climates
  
• Tolerates wide range of soils (including poor, shallow, and limestone)
  
• Produces viable seeds
  
• Seeds dispersed by birds, bats, and mammals (long-distance dispersal)
  
• Coppices after cutting
  
• Repeatedly introduced outside native range
  
• Escapes cultivation in Florida and West Indies

Low Risk Traits:

• Limited to tropical/near-tropical climates (USDA Zones 10–11)
  
• Not considered a weed anywhere
  
• No spines, thorns, or burrs
  
• Non-toxic (edible fruit)
  
• No vegetative spread
  
• Low seed production
  
• No persistent seed bank (seeds lose viability quickly)
  
• Not shade tolerant (requires full sun)