[2] It is native to Bangladesh, Borneo, Java, the Lesser Sunda Islands, Myanmar and Sumatra.

[3] Carl Ludwig Blume, the botanist who first formally described the species under the basionym Uvaria reticulata, named it after the net-like (reticulatus in Latin) pattern of veins on the underside of its leaves.

The young, yellow-brown to gray branches are densely hairy and also have sparse lenticels.

Its sparsely to very densely hairy petioles are 3-12 by 1.5-4 millimeters with a broad groove on their upper side.

Its Inflorescences occur in groups of 5–20 on branches, and are organized on indistinct peduncles.

The pedicels have a medial, densely hairy bract that is 0.5-1.5 millimeters long.

The orange to yellow, oval to elliptical, outer petals are 1.5-4 by 1.5-3.5 millimeters with hairless upper and very densely hairy lower surfaces.

The inner petals have heart-shaped to flat bases and rounded to pointed tips.

The inner petals have a distinct M-shaped, smooth gland on their upper surface.

The fruit occur in clusters of 1–7 on hairless to slightly hairy pedicles that are 12-45 by 1-3 millimeters.

[7][8] It has been observed growing in limestone, alluvial and sandstone in forests at elevations of 5–1400 meters.