Family: Lamiaceae
High Risk Traits:
- Elevation range exceeds 1000 m, demonstrating environmental versatility
- Thrives in tropical climates
- Naturalizing on Oahu, Hawaiian Islands (confirmation needed) and naturalized in Madagascar; Mauritius; Reunion
- Identified as a weed, but impacts unspecified
- Shade-tolerant
- Seeds dispersed by birds and intentionally by people
- Limited ecological information makes accurate risk prediction difficult
Low Risk Traits:
- Unarmed (no spines, thorns or burrs)
- Ornamental and medicinal uses
