Family: Bignoniaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Elevation range exceeds 1000 m, demonstrating environmental versatility
  
• Thrives in tropical climates
  
• Naturalized on Oahu, Maui and Hawaii (Hawaiian Islands) and elsewhere
  
• Pioneer, weedy tree that can form pure stands in abandoned pastures
  
• Other Tabebuia species are invasive
  
• Tolerates many soil types
  
• Forms pure stands on grasslands and degraded soils
  
• Reproduces by seeds
  
• Seeds dispersed by wind and intentionally through cultivation
  
• Gaps in biological and ecological information may reduce accuracy or risk prediction

Low Risk Traits:

• Despite naturalization and invasiveness, valued as an ornamental and landscaping tree
  
• Unarmed (no spines, thorns, or burrs)
  
• Palatable to goats and possibly other browsing animals
  
• Shade intolerant (may limit spread into intact forests or areas with dense vegetation)
  
• Reported to be self-incompatible
  
• Not reported to spread vegetatively