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Sideroxylon

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Sideroxylon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Ericales
Family:
Sapotaceae
Genus:
Sideroxylon

Sideroxylon (syn. Bumelia Sw.) is a genus of flowering plants of the Sapotaceae family.

In his The World as Will and Representation, Vol. I, § 7, Schopenhauer used the word sideroxylon (wood that is like iron) to designate a contradiction or absurdity. It is also used as a name for petrified wood.

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