A banana was a fruit that was grown on palm trees around Faerûn[1][2] and Zakhara.[3]
Description[]
The inner flesh of these yellow fruits was eaten, whilst the peel was usually regarded as waste.[4]
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.[1] A few places in Chult, particularly the Agricultural Quarter of Mezro, contained banana plantations.[2]
Usages[]
Bananas hang from the ceiling of a Waterdhavian produce merchant's stall.
Bananas were consumed by many races such as humans[5] and halflings,[1] as well as other races and creatures around Toril, such as banana monkeys.[6] 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.[3]
The peel of these fruits was one of the material components required to cast Caddelyn's catastrophe.[7]
Bananas were known to be fried for consumption, originating the saying "fried like a banana."[8] Halflings from South Faerûn used bananas to flavor certain liqueurs and produced candied bananas to be shipped to their northern brethren.[9]
Trivia[]
- There was a racing hadrosaurus in Port Nyanzaru known as Banana Candy.[10]
- A druid, who lurked within a cave in the deep forests of Chult, was known as the "banana man".[11]
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Banana article at the Baldur's Gate 3 Community Wiki, a community wiki for Baldur's Gate 3.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Thomas Reid (October 2004). Shining South. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 46. ISBN 0-7869-3492-1.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 James Lowder, Jean Rabe (1993). The Jungles of Chult. (TSR, Inc), p. 13. ISBN 1-5607-6605-0.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Wolfgang Baur, Steve Kurtz (1992). Monstrous Compendium Al-Qadim Appendix. (TSR, Inc). ISBN l-56076-370-1.
- ↑ Allen Varney (May 1989). Knight of the Living Dead. (TSR, Inc.). ISBN 978-0880385985.
- ↑ James Lowder, Jean Rabe (1993). The Jungles of Chult. (TSR, Inc), p. 59. ISBN 1-5607-6605-0.
- ↑ David Cook (1991). Monstrous Compendium Forgotten Realms Appendix (MC11). (TSR, Inc). ISBN l-56076-111-3.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood, Tim Beach (November 1995). Pages from the Mages. Edited by Jon Pickens. (TSR, Inc.), p. 28. ISBN 0-7869-0183-7.
- ↑ Jeff Grubb, Kate Novak (October 1988). Azure Bonds. (TSR, Inc.), p. 324. ISBN 0-88038-612-6.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (2023-02-15). "Bananas in halfling cuisine". Greenwood's Grotto (Discord).
- ↑ Christopher Perkins, Will Doyle, Steve Winter (September 19, 2017). Tomb of Annihilation. Edited by Michele Carter, Scott Fitzgerald Gray. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 32. ISBN 978-0-7869-6610-3.
- ↑ James Lowder, Jean Rabe (1993). The Jungles of Chult. (TSR, Inc), p. 33. ISBN 1-5607-6605-0.