Family: Fabaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Broad climate tolerance (found up to 1100 m elevation)
  
• Native to tropical/subtropical regions
  
• Shade-tolerant
  
• Nitrogen-fixing
  
• Produces viable seed
  
• Intentionally dispersed by people (ornamental)
  
• Water-dispersed seeds (riparian habitat)
  
• Resprouts after coppicing/cutting

Low Risk Traits:

• No documented naturalization or weediness
  
• No spines, thorns, or toxicity
  
• Not parasitic or smothering
  
• Does not form dense thickets
  
• No prolific seed production or persistent seed bank
  
• Likely self-incompatible
  
• Requires shade (limits open-area colonization)
  
• Slow-growing (4+ years to maturity)