Close-up views:

Young plant:

Male and female flowers are located on separate trees (dioecious plants). The male inflorescence (flower head) is more highly branched with longer and more extended stalks. Flowers are tiny (about 1 millimetre in diameter), clustered together and hidden behind large bracts. The pictures below are from a male inflorescence.

This plant might be mistaken as Macaranga triloba as they look very similar. Macaranga triloba has been reported in Punggol End Forest in a 2013 publication [1].

Reference:

[1] Neo L, Yee ATK, Chong KY, Yeo HHT, Tan HTW. The vascular plant flora of abandoned plantations in Singapore II: Punggol End Forest. Nature In Singapore 2013;6:7-17. | Read article |