 The seeds are scraped off and a gel is extracted from their surface with water and allowed to set and form a jelly known in Taiwan as "aiyu jelly" (or "aiyuzi" 愛玉子) and in Singapore as "ice jelly" (文頭雪).Like other plant species in the family Moraceae, contact with the milky sap of "Ficus pumila" can cause phytophotodermatitis, a potentially serious skin inflammation.Although the plant is not poisonous per se, "F. pumila" is listed in the FDA Database of Poisonous Plants.