Family: Apocynaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Suited to tropical/subtropical climates
  
• Repeated introductions outside native range
  
• Climbing/smothering growth habit
  
• Produces viable seeds
  
• Seeds adapted for wind dispersal
  
• Can cause contact dermatitis/allergies in humans

Low Risk Traits:

• Not naturalized in assessed regions
  
• Not a weed (garden, agricultural, or environmental)
  
• No spines, thorns, or burrs
  
• Non-toxic to animals
  
• No vegetative reproduction
  
• No unintentional dispersal (no produce contaminant, no external animal attachment)
  
• Not bird- or water-dispersed
  
• Does not tolerate heavy pruning/mutilation