Thanks to all our readers who participated in our Weekend Fun activity.
It is good to know that so many Dominicans have a good knowledge of the medicinal purposes of some of our natural resources.
Our Weekend Fun plant is known by many names but the common ones are Inflammation Bush, Koklaya, Shine Bush, Silver Bush, Wall Cress and Zeb Kouwess.
The scientific name of the plant is Peperomia Pellucida and it belongs to the family Piperaceae.
Many people across Dominica use the leaves for making tea for ‘cooling down’ purposes, for bathing babies (as a guard against prickle heat), for inflamation, for salads and the like.
See you soon on another exciting Weekend Fun installment.
Quezungus YES!!!!! :D
I call it DrY Land Water Cress, it makes a wicked salad with Salt Fish, Smoke fish, or just ITAL
I know it as watercress too but it is also called rats ear plant. Look at the shape of the leaves
Thank you DNO – this was awesome
Wow, unbelievable, so much info, DNO, you really need more like this on here. Now that’s whats up. Good work guys.
Thanks for the info, that was one plant I needed more info on.
KOKLAYA/ Coclia / cockliah or ZEB KOUWES
zeb couwess…lol…
Zeb Couwess !!!!
cokliar.
Cokelaya….my mom used this as a cooling for prickly heat or she would boil it and used the cooled water to wash our face for sore eyes. she would sometimes give my siblings and myself the boiled water to drink and just say it’s good for us! LOL….I call it an anti-inflammatory plant! I miss my mom”s meds
anyone knows where I can get this bush. Long I haven’t drunk this.
past tense of drink is DRANK…lol smh
Drunk is past participle. I haven’t drunk is just fine.
Erry boddy here corring it “coklia” but we change it to “cokryha” like “fried rice” to “flied lice”
Kunth(Koklaya) shine bush, silver bush, wall cress, zeb a kouwes, inflammation bush. It is good for inflammation.
it is called KOKLAYA OR ZEB KOUWES OR EVEN COQUELIAN.
its good for blood pressure, throat and mouth pain (toothached etc…), skin rashes, cooling, and can also be eaten in a salad.
it is called KOKLAYA or ZEB KOUWES OR EVEN COQUELIAN.
it is good for blood pressure, for pain in throat and mouth (toothache), cooling, skin rashes and you can also eat it in a salad.
I Say,’Man-Better-Man’!
THIS IS ZEBCOOWES ALSO KNOWN AS COCLAIYA …..IT IS USED AS AN INFLAMMATORY AND ALSO AS A SALAD ….NEVER BOIL ON THE FIRE ..WASH THEN .POUR HOT WATER AND COVER WITH A LID ….DRINK WATER WHEN IT IS COLD …IT CAN ALSO BE USED AS SALAD ….POUR WARM WATER ON IT THEN SEASON WITH GARLIC SALT OIL AND VINEGER ,CAN ALSO BE COOKED WITH RICE ,AND FOR BATHING SPECIALLY BABIES…
No doubt this is cocklair its good for alot of
things.
100 spellings for one word. i hope DNO know which spelling to choose.
100 spellings for one work. i hope DNO know which spelling to choose.
a fig tree
zeb coowess snake plant
Coclyia…good for infammation and cleansing…good to wash skin with….
Take a look at page http://ecflora.cavehill.uwi.edu/plantsearch.php?search_method=scientific_name&searchtxt=Peperomia+pellucida&source=index&offset=0&rows=10.
This is Cochlaia. medicinal use. Cooling tea also for colds. A remedy against convulsion. A polutice to relieve sore throats. A cooling tea for hypertension.
CORK-liar
Cockliar is one of the best medicine bush you will
find home, its good for alot of different medical
problems for example inflammation the best thing
about it the taste is really good.
Pepperomia Pelucida “Zeb Kouess” used to relieve the pain of (and help to cure) UTI’s.
Used for 9-days cooling / inflamation, and also to make salads.
Three local names for the plant: Koklaya, Zeb kouwes and the Ah Fuh Awe folks call it Shiny Bush!
THIS PLANT IS CALLED (1 )WATER CREST (2) ZAB BAR COOWESSS.
Cocryya is the creole name of the plant.
Zeb coowess. For cooling. i use to use that when i got prickle heats. Doh ac like allu dont know about it.
Awar that not zeb mousses. Cochliara…. I remember drinkingr it as a child with milk. Tea and cooling. Killing two birds with one stone.
This is surely co-klyer (not sure how it is spelt). Used for cleansing the inside
This plant is cochlea also called shinny bush. It is good for inlammation.
Its cokelier its good as a cooling, inflammation,
blood cleanser and should be drink not after 12pm.
You can use it for sore throat and also can be use
in salad
Any real Dominican would know that is Zeb Kouwess.. 100%. Good for coolin. lol
cork liar
COCKLIAr it good for wasgh out and good for cleaning your blood
This is seab gwa we use to feed to the rabbits.
local name coke-liar….
Zeb Cowess!
i hear dat sookooyanand large a Bless does eat plenty of dat too.
Have a great weekend y’all
hmmn looks like a weed that I can’t get rid of at the back of my house…who knew it could do all these important things??
cokliar. good for inflammation.
inflammation bush, information bush, koklaya, Shine bush, silver bush, wall cress, water cress, zeb a kouwes
Zex coiweel?
Always know it to be COCRIAH.
That is Koplia nuh; people using that for cooling.
the shining leaf plant. a good cooling for inflamation in the body.
zeb coowess used with castor oil to ease constipation.
i remember when my great grand mother would dip the zeb coowess in caster oil and pass it in our bottom when we were constipated. in little time we would have to find a toilet.
those were the days
Chiclayo, good cleanser. Wish I could have some now.
This is the first time I’m learning the name and its many purposes but basically in G/T as a kid we used it in our “dollie” house pot as thick leaf Calaloo. lol. This info is amazing…
Coke-liar gr8 wash out
zeb cowess
Coak-cryer, good for men with prostate problems! drink it for cooling men, and keep your prostate refreshed, it never gets inflamed when u drink daily, several glasses of Coak-cryer.
LOLOLOLOLL!!!!!!!!!!!
This is cockliar. I had so much of that for my supper when things was really hard with my parents. We had it with some garlic, oil and a little lime juice. This is what have me going still. Give it a try Dominicans it is really good.
@ Anonymous:
On which cock the bush lie? LOL @ cockliar. Plz don’t get offended. I just need a laugh after a hard day’s work.
Koclyaire, am going to drink some this weekend
joint
the scientific name is Peperomia pellucida from the family of Piperaceae and is often refered here as zeb kouwes.
you can find it on the plants of the eastern caribbean or just click http://ecflora.cavehill.uwi.edu/
Koclyaire that boy i drink plenty of that as a child it help with the blood also gives u pretty skin
Cockliar
Looks like coklya (cockliah) to me . Not sure about the spelling. It is used for cooling. Some say it is good for High Blood Pressure.
thename ofthe plant is GUNIEA GRASS or COKELIER.
it is good for purification of the blood and body, high blood pressure, cooling, gum infection,and some pple use it as a salad or green vegetable. 
Sorry comrade this is not guinea grass. In Dominica we call it ZEB KOUWES OR KOKLIAH.
marrywanna
well go and marry na….
After all our effort, DNO had better come with the scientific name of the plant and rich information on its biological make-up. By the way, please give us more than the anecdotal stuff that we already know about this plant.
This is another opportunity to educate us, DNO. I have just launched a challenge your way (just as you keep throwing these at us.) DO not disappoint us!
As a boy growing up my grandma and mommy gave this to us in the form of tea. The name as I know it is COCRIAH. It would be nice if DNO can post the scientific name for us. Enjoy the weekend people and please no vehicle crashes for this weekend. Writing from Michigan.
That is Coklia. Some people call it cooling.
Reminds me of a Coconut tree
Thats Mangifera Indica… better known as Mango Not So Long.
makes a nice salad. its cocliar
that one too easy DNO. lol. All Dominicans should know that plant. cokeliah. DNO please research the scientific name and post for us on Monday.
thats a young breadfruit tree
where you from?
Bigmack your macaque!
that is coke lie a.[ man….we use to pour hot water on it add oil and grlic and salt and eat that with bread]
My mom used it as an anti-inflammatory medicine and for cleansing.
English please……
What does cooling your body mean? Everybody keep repeating the same thing that we heard our forefathers saying, but what exactly is cooling?
Cooling/Cleansing/purification/washout/purge… what other word you want? What you get too grown to repeat the words of your forefathers?
@ Ms. francs:
Thx a bunch. U can tell Maximillion tht his/her name implies that he/she alone should come up with a million different words to substitute cooling. May I add the word detoxify… Maximillion I dare u to get on that list of synonyms. Go do your homework!
THAT IS “ZEB COU WESS”!!!!!!!
I don’t know, but “it’s Dominican”
Smile, have a laugh, enjoy the weekend! We are alive!
i don’t no the medical name but i no it for cokliar. it is use for cool the body. cleansing the blood. i use it as a salad toooo
Yes, good for salad.
Koclyaire or ‘ZebKoewess’. Can be washed and eaten raw, used in salads and as a cooling if you need to cleanse your inside.
wafwechi
Does anyone know what chemicals are in these types of plants?
chemicals?ummmmmm u sure is chemicals u wanted to say?
The go test it your self if u care so much chupesssssssss. Just annoying people
Then sorry
Oh. This is Coclea or cocria. It is amazing how many different spellings that we put to this one little plant. But this little plant has multiple uses. Salad, tea(brew), rub, and this list goes on.
Is this plant native to Dominica? I have lived on several Caribbean Islands and I have never seen this plant anywhere else except Dominica. By the way DNO can you find out the biological/botanical name?
Yes it grows in other Caribbean Islands. I can say for sure that it grows in Trinidad and Tobago. We call it shining bush and I had no idea that it has so many uses and benefits. My family only used it as a tea!
cokeliah- good for cooling, and inflammation
THIS IS ZEB COOWESS ALSO KNOWN AS COLAIYA…
WE CALL THIS PLANT – ZEB BAR COOWEES .
Hahahahaha i know the spelling will kill plenty of us but indeed is {coclyia}it very good for kooling and also give’s your urine a fresh and clean secent
cockliah (however it is spelt)and its a coolin especially for pressure
Zeb coowess or cokliar or inflamation grass used for cooling and cleaning the human body. Very good for acid reflux. Can be used in salad also
Coklyar that.
It is known as coocooley and cokeliar.
coocooley is the better vine, which makes a yellow fruit with red seeds
true. the two are not the same. coocooley is the vine like @flower said, with the fruit. this picture is the kokliar. as kids we used to have fun with it and put it in some water with some food coloring, and watch it change color.
It’s CooCooley! very, very refreshing, it’s also good for inflemation too.
Pumcoley not coocooley is different from cocklair.
Pumcoley is very bitter its like a vine with a
yellow flower also has small rough skin fruit.
cockliar is not. The bush shown is 100% cocklair.
I remember my Tantie making coocooley water to clense. She always had a cool pitcher handy. Ahh, the good old days.
yeah what @satalite said (however it spells)
I hope I spelt it properly, but I think this is “COHKLIA”. It is indeed a plant with many medicinal purposes.
Cocriya (its local name) and its a cleanser.
I think it’s coolin,
cohcriah…
Zeb cowess if i have d correct spelling
Cokriaha you use it as a coolin
COCKLIAR
Also known as zez couwess. Used for cooling
Zeb coowess! Used for “cooling”