Sesame

Sesame was a type of flowering plant on Toril.
==Availability==
Places in the Realms where sesame was known to be cultivated or sold included:
* Aurora's Whole Realms Catalogue sold sesame seeds at a price of two gold pieces per .
* Sesame was known to grow in Anauroch, where it was typically harvested by the Bedine.
* In east Faerûn, sesame was known to grow in the Greenfields plains.
* In the land of Zakhara, sesame was known to grow on the island of Masud Jazayir. While folk of the High Desert made bread and cakes using sesame.
==Usages==
* Sesame trees were often harvested for seeds that could be eaten raw, roasted, or used as a form of spice. These seeds could also be crushed to produce sesame oil.
* The spell passwall required sesame seeds as a material component.
==Notable Users==
===Groups===
* The Bedine tribes of Anauroch were known to place sesame seeds in large mortars, hollowed out from an acacia tree. They would then crush the seeds with a wooden beam, counter-weighted with stones, by having a camel haul it around in a circle. The Bedine sold this oil in clay jugs for 1 sp.
===Regions & Settlements===
* In the Greenfields region of the Western Heartlands, some served bagels with sprinklings of sesame seeds.
==Appendix==
===Appearances===
:;Adventures
::Into the Forgotten Realms • Caravans
:;Novels
::The Shattered Mask
:;Video Games
::Baldur's Gate III
===References===
Category:Food and drink from Anauroch
Category:Food and drink from Aurora's Whole Realms Catalogue
Category:Food and drink from the Western Heartlands
Category:Food and drink from Greenfields
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Category:Food and drink from East Faerûn
Category:Food and drink from Sembia
Category:Food and drink from Selgaunt
Category:Food and drink from Ravens Bluff
Category:Food and drink from the Dragon Reach
Category:Food and drink from Myth Drannor
Category:Food and drink from Cormanthor
Category:Food and drink from Zakhara
Category:Food and drink from West Zakhara
Category:Food and drink from the High Desert
Category:Food and drink from Masud Jazayir
Category:Food and drink from Calimshan
Category:Food and drink from Calimport
Category:Food and drink from Unther
Category:Food and drink from the Old Empires
Category:Food and drink from Chessenta
Category:Food and drink from the Vilhon Reach
Category:Food and drink from South Faerûn
Category:Food and drink from the Shining Lands
Category:Food and drink from Var
Category:Food and drink from the Shining South
Category:Food and drink from Toril
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Category:Spell components
Category:Plants
Category:Spices
Category:Vegetation
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