Family: Combretaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Thrives in tropical climates
  
• Elevation range exceeds 1000 m, demonstrating some environmental versatility
  
• Naturalized in Florida, Africa, Mauritius and possibly elsewhere
  
• Other Terminalia species have become invasive
  
• Possibly allelopathic
  
• Adult trees shade tolerant
  
• Tolerates many soil types
  
• Can reproduce vegetatively by root suckers and stumps
  
• Viable seeds dispersed by animals (e.g. flying foxes), water and intentionally by people
  
• May form a persistent seed bank (unknown from field conditions)
  
• Able to coppice and resprout after cutting

Low Risk Traits:

• Unarmed (no spines, thorns or burrs)
  
• Fodder tree (palatable to grazing animals)
  
• Used to raise tassar silkworms
  
• Non-toxic
  
• Ornamental
  
• Seedlings are shade-intolerant
  
• Mostly self-incompatible (although limited self-pollination has been documented to occur)
  
• Reaches maturity in 6-7 years