Banana

"All of them are genetically identical."

- Wickerbottom

Cave Bananas are food items found on Cave Banana Trees. They grow underground and will regrow after 4 days once picked. Cave Bananas can be added to the Crock Pot as Fruit fillers and are worth 1 fruit value.

Splumonkeys will pick Cave Bananas from Cave Banana Trees on sight, which has no effect on the 4-day regrowth period of the bananas. The monkeys also are more likely to follow and steal from a player if the player is carrying any number of Cave Bananas.

Cooked Banana
Cooked Bananas are the product of cooking a Cave Banana over a Campfire, Fire Pit, or Star. Like most fruits and vegetables, cooking increases the Health bonus slightly while decreasing the spoil time.

Trivia

 * The raw image for the Cave Banana shows multiple bananas in one bunch, but the Cooked image shows only three, which seem to be poorly prepared. This could hint to poor cooking/preparation due to abnormal food.
 * Wickerbottom's quote mentions that all of the cave bananas are genetically identical. This is probably a reference to the concern from botanists over the increase in cloned banana trees which could theoretically make them infertile. This could also be the reason Cave Banana Trees cannot be grown by the player.
 * The name is possibly a play on one of the most common banana cultivars, Cavendish Bananas.