Family: Lamiaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Grows in tropical climates
  
• Other Vitex species have become invasive
  
• Reproduces by seeds
  
• Seeds dispersed by birds and through intentional cultivation
  
• Gaps in biological and ecological information may reduce accuracy of risk prediction

Low Risk Traits:

• No reports of naturalization or invasiveness, but limited evidence of cultivation outside native range
  
• Unarmed (no spines, thorns, or burrs)
  
• No evidence of toxicity reported (edible fruit)
  
• Relatively large, single-seeded fruit unlikely to be accidentally dispersed