Rhubarb

Rhubarb, or Redroot, was a type of vegetable that could be found in the Realms.Page 88 of Ed Greenwood Presents Elminster's Forgotten Realms misidentifies this as being a fruit.
==Description==
These vegetables were short and leafy with bright red stalks. They were notable for being both sour and slightly sweet.
==Availability==
Places in the Realms where rhubarb was known to grow or be cultivated were:
* Northwest Faerûn: Wild rhubarb grew in the Delimbiyr Vale. And was cultivated in the gardens of Goldenfields.
* Luiren: Rhubarb grew in the Long Forest. Along the southern rim of that forest it was cultivated and traded widely by the city of Fasruil.
* The farmers of Gaj in the Vilhon Reach grew rhubarb making it the town's main dessert of choice.
* The Katakoro Plateau.
* In Xiousing, a small Shou district in the city of Marsember, rhubarb was grown by Shen's Herb Garden.
* Wild rhubarb was also known by some to grow in great numbers in areas of fey presence, serving as indication of a fey crossroad being near.
==Usages==
* The stalks of rhubarb were used in the filling of a Luiren pastry known as bouqthi.
* Some used rhubarb in the making of incense.
* Powdered rhubarb leaves were a material component for the spell Melf's acid arrow.
* Some were known to cultivate rhubarb for medicinal purposes, such as an astringent or cathartic.
* Rhubarb could be used to make tea.
==Notable Users==
===Businesses===
* Drover's Last Drink, a tavern in Mosstone served a wide variety of handpies and bigger bowl-sized stuffed goodness. Rhubarb tarts and many-berry tarts were sold for one copper piece per serving of seven.
===Organizations===
* The Ironaxe Clan of dwarves were known to gather rhubarb, in addition to other wild foodstuffs, from the Delimbiyr Vale.
===Races & Sentient Creatures===
* Rhubarb was common in Elven cuisine.
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===References===
Category:Vegetables
Category:Vegetation
Category:Food and drink from Aurora's Whole Realms Catalogue
Category:Food and drink from the Katakoro Plateau
Category:Food and drink from the Hordelands
Category:Food and drink from the Delimbiyr Vale
Category:Food and drink from Goldenfields
Category:Food and drink from Luiren
Category:Food and drink from the Shining South
Category:Food and drink from Toril
Category:Food and drink from Faerûn
Category:Food and drink from West Faerûn
Category:Food and drink from Southeast Faerûn
Category:Food and drink from Northwest Faerûn
Category:Food and drink from the Lands of Intrigue
Category:Food and drink from the Eastern Heartlands
Category:Food and drink from Mosstone
Category:Food and drink from Marsember
Category:Food and drink from Cormyr
Category:Food and drink from Interior Faerûn
Category:Food and drink from Tethyr
Category:Food and drink from Gaj
Category:Food and drink from the Vilhon Reach
Category:Food and drink from the Maerthwatch
Category:Food and drink from the Long Forest
Category:Food and drink from Fasruil
Category:Food and drink