[1] It is a robust twining vine, climbing up trees and shrubs.

[3] Like the other species of Austrocallerya, A. pilipes is a robust, twining woody vine.

A. pilipes can be distinguished from the other species in the genus by its larger floral bracts, more than 8 mm (0.3 in) long and wide, as opposed to at most 2 mm (0.1 in) wide, which enclose the flower buds before the flower opens.

Also, the surface of the seed pod lacks longitudinal ridges or grooves.

[2] Austrocallerya pilipes is endemic to Queensland,[1] where it occurs in rainforest, climbing up trees and over scrub at elevations from 300 to 1,200 m (1,000 to 3,900 ft).