Terrestrial (Secondary Rainforest, Riverine, Primary Rainforest, Coastal Forest, Freshwater Swamp Forest). It grows in lowland forest and often by streams, peat swamp forest, and coastal forest.
Distribution in Singapore
Central Catchment Nature Reserve, Labrador Nature Reserve, Lazarus Island, Pulau Ubin, Sentosa, and Singapore Botanic Garden.
Distribution worldwide
Southeast China, Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Brunei, and Indonesia