Hemidesmus is a genus of plants in the Apocynaceae, first described in 1810. It is native to the Indian Subcontinent. Species 1. \n* Hemidesmus cordatus (Poir.) Schult. - India 2. \n* Hemidesmus indicus (L.) R. Br. ex Schult. - Pakistan, India, Bangladeshformerly included 1. \n* Hemidesmus indicus var. pubescens Hook.f., syn of Finlaysonia wallichii (Wight) Venter 2. \n* Hemidesmus pubescens Wight & Arn., syn of Finlaysonia wallichii (Wight) Venter 3. \n* Hemidesmus wallichii Wight, syn of Finlaysonia wallichii (Wight) Venter