Amaranthus tricolor is an ornamental plant known as Joseph's coat. Cultivars have striking yellow, red and green foliage.
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The leaves may be eaten as a salad vegetable. In Africa, it is usually cooked as a leafy vegetable. [1]
It appears on the coat of armsofGonville and Caius College, Cambridge where it is called "flowers gentle".
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