The USDA has released a sterile cultivar, 'Anna Bella', which does not produce the toxic nuts, and is unlikely to invade natural areas. I...Read Moret is propagated by bud grafting, and is not patented. It blooms a month later than the species. http://hortsci.ashspublications.org/content/48/1/123.full
One ingested seed of the species can kill an adult human. Contact with the foliage can cause a poison-ivy-like rash in some people.
The Florida Exotic Plant Pest Council has declared the species a Category 2 invasive. According to BONAP, it has naturalized in 9 states.
The USDA has released a sterile cultivar, 'Anna Bella', which does not produce the toxic nuts, and is unlikely to invade natural areas. I...Read More