Ipomoea quamoclit (cypress vine, cypressvine morning glory, cardinal creeper, cardinal vine, star glory or hummingbird vine) is a species of Ipomoea morning glory native to tropical regions of the New World from northern South America north to Mexico. In southern India, it is called mayil manikkam in Tamil: மயில் மாணிக்கம். In Malayalam, it is called ākāśamulla. In Bangladesh, its is called Tarulata, Kamalata, Kunjalata, Getphul. It is an annual or perennial, herbaceous, twining vine growing to 1–3 m tall. The leaves are 2–9 cm long, deeply lobed (nearly pinnate), with 9-19 lobes on each side of the leaf. The flowers are 3–4 cm long and 2 cm in diameter, trumpet-shaped with five points, and can be red, pink or white. It flowers in summer and fall. It is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant throughout the tropics, and also outside of tropical regions, where it is grown as an annual plant only, not surviving temperate zone winters. In some trop...