Chestnut

Chestnuts were a type of deciduous tree that could be found in the Realms. Their name was also used to refer to the edible nuts that they produced.

Habitats

 * Chestnut trees could be found in the midwood area of Cormanthor, crowding the hills north of Mistledale.
 * In interior Faerûn, chestnut trees could occasionally be found throughout the lowlands of the Cormyr countryside.
 * Chestnut trees could be found in the Moonshae Isles.
 * In Sembia, the plains of that region were dotted by many groves of chestnuts.
 * In the Vast, chestnut trees stood in the forested land surrounding the Blackwood Manor.
 * People of Icewind Dale prepared chestnut stews with lentils and bread.
 * Sweet chestnut trees grew in Tethyr.
 * In the Kara-Tur region, chestnut orchards were commonplace on the island nation of Wa.

Usages

 * Finely crushed and powdered chestnuts were used in flaming gullets.
 * Throughout the Savage Frontier, people would use the nuts from these trees in baking nut cheese.