Assam, Sikkim, Meghalaya, W.Bengal, M.P.,S.India, Andaman & Nicobar Isls. Malesia, Sri Lanka, Africa to Polynesia and Australia.Orissa: Similipahar; Toda forest, Bonai; Athmallik. Climbing fern in forests.

Bilaspur, _x000D_ _x000D_ Extreemlly rare in Madhya Pradesh, onlu once collected in the year 1965 Plants climbung through bushes or forming thickets along the edges of forests near stream side in dry deciduous forests in shady situatiions