I've been looking for the name (scientific or common) of this tropical vine and I'd even posted a pic of a small plant last winter but so far have had no luck. Someone mentioned a madeira vine (Andredera cordifolia). Its' leaves are very similar to the madeira vine, but the seeds look like pepper seeds, not small, long thin aerial tubers in the madeira vine. This vine is used often in Vietnamese and probably other Southeast Asian cultures as an alternative to commercial jello. The jello is said to be very soothing and cools the body down during a flu or stress. As always, thanks!

Yes, I do know know and have ate grass jello. I really didn't know that it comes from a type of fig. Thanks for the info Eggo. You learn something everyday;) And bruggirl, folks use the leaves from this vine, not the seeds, but again you show me something new as well, thanks...

From Eggo's link there is a vine that looks remarkably alot like it. I think it's called the bridal creeper, Asparagus asparagoides. The distance between the leaves as well as the shape of the leaves are similar. But the major difference lies in the color and glossiness, with the leaves of unknown vine having a darker green and glossier look.

About the fig, the seeds when mixed with water and after being rubbed, exude a jelly like substance which people drink with sugar, ice and few drops of banana oil. These giant figs grow only in Taiwan, it is called Aiyu. The Taiwanese canned them and export all over the world.

Malabar spinach are not xuong xam, please! Malabar spinach is used to cook with shrimps for soup to pour over rice.