Unknown Fruit Vine (reddish purple fruit, hollow inside)

Question

There's this mysterious vine growing at my wife's grandfather's home that I can't identify. Its tall enough to have climbed up the fence and made its way over. I've included various images taken of the plant. The fruit is like a reddish purple fig/guava looking thing. When I cut it open there's no real scent on it, at least nothing that's pleasing and desirable for triggering an eating reflex.

What could this strange vine be?

Looks like [purple figs](https://www.starkbros.com/growing-guide/article/how-to-tell-when-figs-are-ripe), however the form of the leafs don't match. — benn, Dec 14 '17 at 09:37
It may be a [strangler fig](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficus_aurea) or [shortleaf fig](http://www.southfloridatrees.org/?page_id=627), does you grandpa in law live in Florida? — benn, Dec 14 '17 at 13:21

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 14 '17 at 20:24

Got some feedback, my wife's aunt claims its a fig vine, which online comes up as creeping fig vine. Check out this page linked below, I believe the fruit they image matches up pretty closely.

Ficus pumila Facts: Growing the Creeping Fig Vine.

The image they link looks like a decent match, but when you search more broadly online for creeping fig vine fruit the bulk of the images seem like a different variety so I'm not 100% on this identification.

Unknown Fruit Vine (reddish purple fruit, hollow inside)

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