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The medium-sized [[seed]]s may be dispersed by rodents and granivorous birds and running water. Trailing branches root where they touch the ground.
It has been introduced to Fiji, French Polynesia, Hawai‘i, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, Australia, China, Japan, Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Mauritius, Reunion, Rodrigues, and South Africa. Is has become a serious problematic invasive species in many locations.
In Hawai‘i, where it has the local name ''pōpoki'', it forms impenetrable brambles, climbs high up trees, closes off pastures to animals and impedes passage in forests.
==References==
* Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG). [http://www.issg.org/database/species/ecology.asp?si=510&fr=1&sts=sss ''Caesalpinia decapetala'']
* [http://www.hear.org/species/caesalpinia_decapetala/ HEAR description of ''Caesalpinia decapetala'']
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