Family: Arecaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Thrives in sub-tropical climates
  
• Alternate host of the coconut hispine beetle, a pest of coconut palms
  
• Shade-tolerant as a juvenile (potential to establish in forest understory)
  
• Forms dense stands
  
• Fleshy-fruits presumably adapted for dispersal by birds and other frugivorous animals

Low Risk Traits:

• No records of naturalization or invasiveness elsewhere
  
• Unarmed (no spines, thorns or burrs)
  
• Non-toxic
  
• Landscaping and ornamental value
  
• Seeds may be recalcitrant and limit the ability of forming a soil seed bank