Tragia rubiginosa Huft (1989) Chicomendes rubiginosus is a species of flowering plant in the family Phyllanthaceae.

It is the sole species in genus Chicomendes.

It is endemic to Peru where it is known from a single population in lowland Amazonian rainforest near Loreto.

[2] The species was first named Tragia rubiginosa in 1989.

[1] The genus is named for Brazilian Amazonian environmentalist Chico Mendes, who was murdered in 1988.