Haitian Basket Vine - Trichostigma octandrum

Native to much of the Caribbean and Central American, as well as far south Florida, Basket Vine is a vigorous growing multi use plant best grown in more open full sun locations in your food forest. 

As the name implies the long flexible vines contain a bast fiber utilized in basketmaking. The leaves are also edible after boiling, we find the leaves to be a good hardy green that could be substituted for things like collards. 

This is a sprawling species and will happily climb over anything planted near it so take this into consideration when planting. Luckily, it's not a true vine so its easily managed in a shrubby form if trimmed regularly for eating.