HemidesmusHemidesmus is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described in 1810. It is native to the Indian Subcontinent.;Species Hemidesmus cordatus Schult. - India Hemidesmus indicus R. Br. ex Schult. - Pakistan, India, Bangladesh;formerly included Hemidesmus indicus var. pubescens Hook.f., syn of Finlaysonia wallichii Venter Hemidesmus pubescens Wight & Arn., syn of Finlaysonia wallichii Venter Hemidesmus wallichii Wight, syn of Finlaysonia wallichii Venter