Family: Solanaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Thrives in tropical climates
  
• Naturalized on Kaua'i, O'ahu, Moloka'i, Maui and Hawaii (Hawaiian Islands) and widely naturalized elsewhere
  
• A weed of disturbed sites in the Hawaiian Islands
  
• An environmental weed in Africa and Australia
  
• Other Solanum species are invasive
  
• Relatively unpalatable
  
• Toxic to animals and people
  
• Reproduces by seeds
  
• Self-compatible
  
• Seeds dispersed by birds, water, animals, humans, contaminated soil (earthmoving equipment, car tires, etc.) and garden refuse dumping

Low Risk Traits:

• Unarmed (no spines, thorns, or burrs)
  
• Not reported to spread vegetatively
  
• Herbicides provide effective control