[2] Flowers are borne on a spadix, partially enclosed in a green spathe with a purple internal lining.

[2] It grows in uncultivated Olea europaea groves at altitudes of 50 to 200 meters near Kythrea in northern Cyprus.

[4] It was previously thought to be a variety or subspecies of Arum orientale in subsection Dischroochiton,[2][1] but recent studies support a closer relationship with Arum hygrophilum.

[4] A. sintenisii differs from A. orientale in the smell (sweet in A. sintenisii, foetid in A. orientale) and presentation of the inflorescence (produced at leaf level in A. sintenisii, below leaves in A. orientale), and the two were recognized as distinct in 1995.

[6] Arum sintenisii is cultivated as an ornamental plant, and is reported to survive mild winters in South East England.