''Solanum cowiei'' is a small fruiting subshrub in the family

Solanaceae The Solanaceae , or nightshades, are a family of flowering plants that ranges from annual and perennial herbs to vines, lianas, epiphytes, shrubs, and trees, and includes a number of agricultural crops, medicinal plants, spices, weeds, and orn ...

. It is endemic to the

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in Australia. The fruit is a green berry, up to 15 mm in diameter, that later becomes black-green and detaches from the calyx. The species was formally described in 2013 by Christopher T. Martine. The specific epithet honours Dr. Ian Cowie, the Chief Botanist at the Northern Territory Herbarium. It is placed within the "Dioicum Complex" of ''Solanum'' subgenus ''Leptostemonum''.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q16758722 cowiei Solanales of Australia Flora of the Northern Territory Plants described in 2013