Akebia - aka Chocolate Vine - have 3 varieties in the garden - it's perennial and the leaves stay on all year here....it makes a great barrier between the road and the yard and while the fruit looks very very weird, it tastes kinda good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMDct91g6RQ
I used to live in an area where acres of huckleberries grew wild behind the house - picked em by the gallons, but had to watch carefully for black bears.....