Barley ke lijo-thollo tse tšoanang le koro kapa raese. Lithollo tsa harese li qetella ka li-extensions tse telele, tse thata joaloka moriri, li-awns. Li-spikes tse butsoitseng li rapaletse kapa li sekametse tlase.
Barley ke joang bo monate joaloka lijo-thollo tsohle. E ne e se e tsejoa mehleng ea boholo-holo 'me e tsoa linaheng tsa Bochabela. Batho ba ’nile ba ja harese ka lilemo tse ka bang 15,000 XNUMX. Barley esale e le teng Europe Bohareng ho tloha mehleng ea Neolithic.
Mehleng e Bohareng, harese e ne e sebelisoa haholo e le furu ea liphoofolo. Sena se ntse se etsoa le kajeno ka harese ea mariha. Haholo-holo e ea likolobe le likhomo.
Batho ba hloka haholo harese ea selemo ho ritela biri ka eona. Ke kahoo biri e bitsoang lero la harese. Ho boetse ho na le lintho tse khethehileng, tse kang sopho ea harese ea Bündner. Nakong e fetileng, batho ba bangata ba futsanehileng ba ne ba pheha harese ka metsi ho etsa motoho o bitsoang groats.