Family: Bignoniaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Naturalized in Puerto Rico
  
• Repeated introductions outside native range (Asia, South Africa, Florida)
  
• Wind-dispersed winged seeds
  
• Prolific seed production (~285 seeds/fruit)
  
• Fire-adapted (cerrado vegetation)
  
• Congeneric weed exists

Low Risk Traits:

• Not a weed (garden, agricultural, or environmental)
  
• No spines, thorns, toxicity, or allelopathy
  
• Not shade-tolerant (requires full sun)
  
• Self-incompatible (no uniparental reproduction)
  
• No vegetative spread
  
• Short-lived seed bank (~6 months at room temperature)
  
• No animal, water, or contaminant dispersal