Family: Fabaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Thrives in tropical climates
  
• Widely naturalized, including all main Hawaiian Islands
  
• Disturbance weed of pastures and natural environment
  
• Other Senna species are invasive
  
• Tolerates many soil types
  
• Forms dense stands
  
• Reproduces by seeds
  
• Seeds dispersed by water, ants, rodents, soil movement, dumped garden waste and intentionally by people
  
• Prolific seed production
  
• Seeds form a persistent seed bank
  
• Able to coppice and resprout after cutting, pruning or fire

Low Risk Traits:

• Unarmed (no spines, thorns or burrs)
  
• Palatable to browsing and grazing animals
  
• Non-toxic
  
• Ornamental
  
• Not reported to spread vegetatively
  
• Herbicides provide effective control