 The town of Nellimarla derives its name from a Telugu word for the medicinal tree "Clerodendrum phlomidis Linn", of the family Verbenaceae, called 'Nelli chettu' or 'Nelli tree'.The city of Nellore at the extreme south of coastal Andhra Pradesh too derives its name from the same medicinal tree.The Nelli tree is known by alternate names in Telugu lands, one of which is 'Tekkali' chettu (Telugu