Family: Fabaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Broad climate suitability (tropical to warm temperate)
  
• Widely planted by people as an ornamental
  
• Wind-dispersed seeds (winged samaras)
  
• Tolerates cutting and regrows readily
  
• Nitrogen-fixing (can alter soil nutrients)

Low Risk Traits:

• Not naturalized
  
• No agricultural or horticultural weed status
  
• Lacks spines, thorns, or burrs
  
• Palatable to livestock
  
• Non-toxic to animals and humans
  
• Not allelopathic or parasitic
  
• Prefers full sun (not shade-tolerant)
  
• No persistent seed bank (non-dormant seeds)
  
• Large seeds, not prolifically produced
  
• Long generation time (8–10 years to seed)