三色莧

Amaranthus tricolor is an ornamental plant also known as Joseph's coat, after the Biblical figure Joseph, who is said to have worn a coat of many colors.三色菜是一種觀賞植物，也被稱為約瑟夫的外套。 Cultivars have striking yellow, red and green foliage.The leaves may be eaten as a salad vegetable.品種有引人注目的黃色，紅色和綠色葉子，葉子可以作為色拉蔬菜食用。 In Africa, it is usually cooked as a leafy vegetable.It appears on the coat of arms of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge where it is called "flowers gentle".在非洲，通常以葉菜類蔬菜烹製。它出現在劍橋的貢維爾和凱烏斯學院的徽章上，被稱為“溫柔的花朵”。