sentences:  These sacred groves act as gene pools of this area, from where seeds were dispersed.In Ahupe - a tribal (Mahadev Koli) village's sacred grove in the sanctuary, in 1984, a climber Khombhal - Xantolis tomentosa was found to be 800–1000 years old.Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary was notified by the state government of Maharashtra in 1985 with the total area of is 130.78sq.