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Family • Ochnaceae
Barsik
Ouratea angustifolia (Vahl.) Baill.
KANNADA
Lie ban sai jin lian mu

Scientific names Common names
Ouratea angustifolia Tiegh. Angali (P. Bis.)
Gomphia angustifolia Vahl. Bansilai (Tag.)
Gomphia serrata (Gaertn.) Kanis. Barsik (Tag.)
Meesia serrata Gaertn. Bulanan (Bis.)
Campylospermum serratum Bulokanan (Bis.)
Campylospermum angustifolium Van Tiegh. Buluk (P. Bis.)
Campylospermum cumingii Van Tiegh. Fugauil (Ibn.)
  Inbibinga (Tagb., Kuy..)
  Karanian (Bis.)
  Marabunai (Ibn.)
  Mata-mata (P. Bis.)
  Pagulingon (C. Bis.)
  Pauil (Neg., Ibn.)
  Pinulug (Sul.)
  Talokton (Sbl.)
  Kanada (Engl.) ?
  Lie ban sai jin lian mu

Botany
Barsik is a smooth, small, much-branched tree. Leaves are distichous, lanceolate, 6 to 12 centimeters long, pointed at both ends, and with toothed margins. Veins on the blade are very close and numerous, with 2 marginal one near the edge. Flowers are numerous, yellow, very small, and borne on large pyramidal, terminal and axillary panicles. Fruit, which consists of 5 carpels or fewer, surrounded by persistent sepals, is ovoid, 7 to 18 millimeters long, black, and shining. Seeds are erect, with a green embryo.

Distribution
- Found in primary forests at low altitude in Cagayan, Ilocos Norte, Zambales, Quezon, and Camarines Provinces in Luzon; and in Mindoro, Culion, Busuanga, Palawan, Balabac, Masbate, Romblon, Panay, Guimaras, Negros, and Mindanao.
- Also reported from India, indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore.

Properties
 - Roots and leaves are bitter, considered tonic, stomachic, antiemetic.

Parts used
Roots and leaves.

Uses
Folkloric
- No reported folkloric medicinal use in the Philippines.
- In Malabar, decoction of roots and leaves used as tonic, stomachic, and antiemetic.

Studies
No studies found.

Availability
Wild-crafted.

December 2011
IMAGE SOURCE: Ouratea serratula [as Gomphia serratula Pohl] Pohl, J.E., Plantarum Brasiliae icones et descriptiones hactenus ineditae, Plates, t. 181 (1831) / Illustration contributed by the Missouri Botanical Garden/ Plant Illustrations
OTHER IMAGE SOURCE:Ouratea serrata [as Gomphia sumatrana Jack] Hooker�s Icones Plantarum, vol. 8: t. 712 (1848)
family / Illustration contributed by the Missouri Botanical Garden/ Plant Illustrations
OTHER IMAGE SOURCE: PHOTO / File:Campylospermum serratum 3.jpg / Franz Xaver / 23 Dec 2005 / GFDL / Plant Illustrations

Additional Sources and Suggested Readings
(1)
Gomphia serrata / Catalogue of Life, China / Chinese name
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