I-Epipremnum isitshalo esenzeka ngokwemvelo emahlathini aseNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia, e-Indonesia naseSolomon Islands. Lesi sitshalo sibuye sibizwe ngeScndapsus. Igama lesiGreki elithi Epipremnum livela ku-'epi' = on , futhi 'premnon' = isiqu: isitshalo simila eziqwini zezihlahla.
Emahlathini ashisayo, i-Epipremnum ikhula emthunzini phakathi naseduze kwezihlahla. Amaqabunga e-Epipremnum angakhula aze afike ku-100 cm. Lapho, lesi sitshalo siwumthombo wokudla okucebile wezibankwa nezinye izilwane ezihuquzelayo.
I-Epipremnum iyingxenye yomndeni wakwa-Araceae, ohlanganisa i-Philodendron, i-Dieffenbachia ne-Monstera. Ngakho-ke i-Epipremnum ivame ukudideka ne-Philodendron. Ngo-1879 izitshalo zokuqala zayiswa eYurophu futhi zathuthukiswa lapho.
I-Epipremnum pinnatum 'Marble Planet'® ivela e-Asia futhi yatholwa phakathi nohambo lwethu oluningi. Umdwebo wesici 'wePlanethi Yemabula' unokubukeka okufana nemabula. Ngamaqabunga ayo anengcina kanye nephethini evuthayo, iyisitshalo sokuhlobisa esingasetshenziswa ukulenga futhi njengesitshalo esikhuphukayo. Ngokuhambisana nokunakekelwa kwaso okulula, lesi sitshalo siyisivakashi esamukelekile ekutshalweni nezinye izinjongo zokudala. I-Epipremnum iphakathi kweziyi-10 zezitshalo ezihlanza umoya.
Kuyisitshalo esilula futhi esizuzisayo. Udinga amanzi amancane kanye ngesonto kodwa uncamela ukungagezwa ngezinyawo njengoba izimpande zingabola. Uma amaqabunga eqala ukushona, lesi sitshalo somile kakhulu. Uma ulicwilisa kancane, iqabunga lizolulama ngokushesha. I-Epipremnum izokwenza kahle kokubili ekukhanyeni nasethunzini, kodwa uma kumnyama kakhulu, isitshalo sizolahlekelwa izimpawu futhi amaqabunga azoba mnyama ngombala.