Family: Solanaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Thrives in tropical climates
  
• Naturalized on Maui, Hawaiian Islands and possibly elsewhere
  
• A Hawaii state noxious weed, invading pastures
  
• Other Solanum species have become invasive
  
• Armed with strong prickles
  
• Forms impenetrable thickets
  
• Reproduces by seeds
  
• Self-compatible
  
• Can reach reproductive maturity in <1 year
  
• Seeds dispersed by birds, frugivorous mammals and intentionally by people

Low Risk Traits:

• Ornamental (widely grown in botanical gardens, occasionally grown as a novelty because of handsome leaves and winged petioles and stems)
  
• Herbicides may provide effective control