Family: Menispermaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Broad elevation range in the tropics (>1000 m)
  
• Grows, and could spread, in regions with tropical climates
  
• Shade tolerant
  
• Climbing, and potentially smothering habit
  
• Reproduces by seeds
  
• Seeds presumably dispersed by birds, other animals (including fish), and through intentional cultivation
  
• May be able to resprout after cutting
  
• Gaps in biological and ecological information may reduce accuracy of risk prediction

Low Risk Traits:

• No reports of invasiveness or naturalization, but no evidence of widespread introduction outside native range
  
• Unarmed (no spines, thorns, or burrs)
  
• Non-toxic
  
• Dioecious (requires male and female plants for seed set)