If the soil of the forest is moist enough, cuttings are said to be easy to reproduce by directly inserting them into the forest floor. If the conditions are right, the roots develop soon after transplant. However, others recommend reforesting cat s claw through the use of natural regeneration. In this case, the forest may be thinned to allow for easier natural regeneration, or cat s claw may be allowed to grow in secondary forests where more sunlight gaps exist. Very few, if any, commercial plantations of cat s claw exist.
Most material is harvested in forests.
Yield in managed forests depends on density, and densities that have been reported for U. tomentosa range from 2 to 8 individuals per hectare in natural forest, and 17 individuals per hectare in managed forest. Sustainable management of cat s claw is becoming an issue in Peru, due to the popularity of this botanical medicine. Harvesting Today, the root is not normally harvested because of the destructiveness of this method of harvest. The primary product in trade comes from the stem bark. Although there are different chemotypes found in the field, there are no known morphological differences to distinguish them.