The stem is hairless and is marked with lenticels (or raised resinous dots).

[3] It grows in rainforest or eucalypt forest of eastern Australia, from northeastern Victoria, through New South Wales and northern Queensland, where it occurs in wetlands, rainforests and in riparian zones within open woodlands.

It is a twining climber in most rainforests and usually a straggling shrub in more open areas or along streams in woodlands.

As a twiner, it will require support to raise itself above ground level, although it can be trained to ramble.

It is frost hardy, and no pests or diseases are known to affect it according to the Australian National Botanic Gardens.