Dutchman's Pipe is a distant relative of the Richmond Birdwing butterfly's native larval food plant. It emits a substance that tricks the female butterflies into laying their eggs on this vine. It was a very popular introduced vine, planted in gardens. It is now a bushland weed.

Habitats; Forests and open lowland thickets, scrambling over bushes and trees.

Uses; The leaves are pounded and applied.to the head by the Malays to treat fever. In Indonesia, the leaves are made into a poultice and applied to the swollen abdomen or limbs. In the Philippines, the plant is used to treat snake bites and malaria. In India, the roots are considered a tonic, carminative and emmenagogue. A number of other species are used by the Chinese for dysentery, high blood pressure, beri-beri and swollen feet.