Banana

A banana was a fruit that was grown on palm trees around Faerûn and Zakhara.

Description
The inner flesh of these yellow fruits was eaten, whilst the peel was usually regarded as waste.

Cultivation
The halflings of Luiren were known cultivators of bananas and grew bananas between Beluir and Chethel. They usually consumed them, but sometimes exported them to places such as Halruaa and Durpar, who were keen on green bananas. A few places in Chult, particularly the Agricultural Quarter of Mezro, contained banana plantations.

Usages
Bananas were consumed by many races such as humans and halflings, as well as other races and creatures around Toril, such as banana monkeys. The ashira, tree spirits of Zakhara, lived in banana trees (as well as trees bearing other fruits) and survived off of the bananas they produced.

The peel of these fruits was one of the material components required to cast Caddelyn's catastrophe.

Bananas were known to be fried for consumption, originating the saying "fried like a banana." Halflings from South Faerûn used bananas to flavor certain liqueurs and produced candied bananas to be shipped to their northern brethren.

Trivia

 * There was a racing hadrosaurus in Port Nyanzaru known as Banana Candy.
 * A druid, who lurked within a cave in the deep forests of Chult, was known as the "banana man".

Appearances

 * Adventures
 * Assassin Mountain
 * Novels
 * Faces of Deception
 * Azure Bonds
 * Gamebooks
 * Knight of the Living Dead
 * Video Games
 * Baldur's Gate III
 * Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
 * Organized Play & Licensed Adventures
 * Once Broken &bull; Sharp Teeth, Mostly Tasty &bull; Web of Destruction &bull; Day of the Saru: Part 1 &bull; Rotting Roots
 * Organized Play & Licensed Adventures
 * Once Broken &bull; Sharp Teeth, Mostly Tasty &bull; Web of Destruction &bull; Day of the Saru: Part 1 &bull; Rotting Roots