About Arisaema siahaense:
- It is a new species of Cobra Lily.
- It was discovered in the Siaha District of Mizoram.
- It is an evergreen herb.
- It belongs to a group of plants commonly known as Cobra Lilies because their flowering structure (the spathe) resembles a cobra's hood.
- What makes this specific species unique is its spadix appendix, a long, slender growth that emerges from the flower.
- Unlike its closest relatives found in China and Southeast Asia, this plant grows from a rounded tuber rather than a creeping rootstock and features leaves divided into exactly three segments.
- Although it is currently classified as Data Deficient by international standards, the scientists observed that its habitat is under pressure from road construction, grazing animals like goats and mithuns, and the spread of invasive weeds.
